couldst

[ koodst, kootst ]

auxiliary verb and verbArchaic.

2nd person singular simple past tense of can¹.

Also could·est [kood-ist]. /ˈkʊd ɪst/.

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How to use couldst in a sentence

Nor hast thou ever known, Aspasia,Or couldst thou comprehend the thoughts that onceThou didst inspire in me.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo Leopardi
God answered him, "I have suffered him these hundred years, although he dishonored me; and couldst not thou endure him one night?"
Library Notes | A. P. Russell
“I thought thou couldst shoot true, Shumilana,” whispers Mandevu.
Forging the Blades | Bertram Mitford
What knowest thou of this, for I think thou couldst not have been far from this place at sundown yesterday?
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram Mitford
A right Conjurer might I name thee, couldst thou conjure back into these wooden tools the divine virtue they once held.
Sartor Resartus | Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for couldst

couldst

/ (kʊdst) /

verb

archaic used with the pronoun thou or its relative form, the form of could

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