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beest

verb

Etymology

From Middle English bēst, biest, beost, bist, from Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare West Frisian bist, German bist.

  1. inherited from bist
  2. inherited from best

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be

    • Stephano! if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo.
    • If thou, to be so seene, beest loath, / By Sunne, or Moone, thou darknest both […].

  2. beestings, colostrum

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA