mayest
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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"Awaken, doomed city, that thou mayest save thyself," the prophet cries out in Zweig's play.
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2020
Steinbeck translates it as thou mayest, and the question at hand is that God says to Cain, in some translations, you can triumph over sin, and some translations he says, you will triumph over sin.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2020
What he ultimately concludes, she said, is “thou mayest triumph over sin, but it’s in the hands of the next generation; it’s a choice.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2020
“O that thou mayest be kept from the evil that would overwhelm thee.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.’
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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