may'st

A form of mayst

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Meanings

verb
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of mayst.

    And break thy schemes of earthly joy, That thou may’ſt find thy all in me.

    1779, John Newton, “Prayer anſwered by croſſes”, in Olney hymns, in three books, London: W. Oliver, page 353
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