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mayest

American  
[may-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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"Awaken, doomed city, that thou mayest save thyself," the prophet cries out in Zweig's play.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2020

And this character in the book does a kind of deep dive into the actual word in Hebrew and comes up with this thou mayest.

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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