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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 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

Mayest thou subdue the circuit of the sun's disk.

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

Mayest thou not be separated from me in the presence of the Keeper of the Balance.

From The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

Father Eternal, thine is to decree; Mine, both in Heaven and Earth, to do thy will Supreme; that thou in me, thy Son beloved, Mayest ever rest well pleased.

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John

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

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