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  • verb archaic second-person singular past form of give.

Etymologies

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gave -est, the archaic second-person singular tense suffix.

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Examples

  • Made fertile by his toil, thou gavest a rich harvest, and for ages wast famed for thy flowers of sanctity.

    27 May -- St Augustine of Canterbury, Apostle of England John 2009

  • Made fertile by his toil, thou gavest a rich harvest, and for ages wast famed for thy flowers of sanctity.

    May 30 -- St Joan of Arc John 2009

  • Dec. 18: O Adonai, and leader of the house of Israel, who appearedest to Moses in the fire of the flaming bush, and gavest him the law on Sinai; come and redeem us by Thy outstretched arm.

    Dreaming of a Cheap Christmas 2008

  • Dec. 18: O Adonai, and leader of the house of Israel, who appearedest to Moses in the fire of the flaming bush, and gavest him the law on Sinai; come and redeem us by Thy outstretched arm.

    Dreaming of a Cheap Christmas 2008

  • And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

    FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010

  • I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • A beautiful Mass with a packed church singing the Kyrie and Sanctus and beautiful hymns including "The day thou gavest, Lord..."

    Today... Joanna Bogle 2009

  • A beautiful Mass with a packed church singing the Kyrie and Sanctus and beautiful hymns including "The day thou gavest, Lord..."

    Archive 2009-03-01 Joanna Bogle 2009

  • — From the hymn The day thou gavest us Lord by Clement Scholefield

    Archive 2009-01-01 Michelle 2009

  • And the man said, The woman whom you gavest to be with me made me do it.

    Tony Hendra: Not The Bible -- The Ultimate and Eternal Parody 2009

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