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mayest

American  
[mey-ist] / ˈmeɪ ɪst /
Also mayst

verb

Archaic.
  1. 2nd person singular present indicative of may.


mayest British  
/ ˈmeɪɪst /

verb

  1. a variant of mayst

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mayest thou be happy, O Galatea, wheresoever thou choosest to reside, and live mindful of me and neither the unlucky pye nor the vagrant crow forbids your going on.

From The Works of Horace by Horace

Mayest thou only, in the height of thy abstract genius, not disdain women and children, who will teach thee life!

From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules

Mayest thou my friend and benefactor overcome in every hardship. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

May not the wave seize thee; Mayest thou not taste the impurities of the river; Mayest thou not see the face of fear.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

Mayest thou enjoy whatever is propitious, and may all evil be far from thee,—O King!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

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