didst

American

[didst] / dɪdst /

verb

Archaic.

2nd person singular simple past tense of do.

didst British

/ dɪdst /

verb

archaic a form of the past tense of do 1

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Example Sentences

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For so thou didst ordain, when thou createdst me, saying,

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2022

For so thou didst ordain, when thou createdest me, saying,

From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2021

POLONIUS: So, Horatio, what is it thou didst reveal through thy deliberations?

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

“And in their most unmitigable rage into a cloven pine, within which rift imprisoned he didst painfully—”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019

“Why didst thou not bringeth us food?” screamed the leader of the peasant army.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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