Beest

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    beestings, colostrum
Verb
  1. 1
    second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive

    "Stephano! if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo."

Synonyms

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beestingsbeestingscolostrum

Example

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"If thou beest Stephano, speak to me."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See beestings.

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