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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
may . - verb Alternative spelling of
mayst .
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Examples
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(3 JOHN: 2) Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in (HEALTH), even as thy soul prospereth.
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But the Hebrew word, the word timshel — ‘Thou mayest’ — that gives a choice.
Moe Lane gets something wrong. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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For if ‘Thou mayest’ — it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.’
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Win a SONY Reader. It’s as easy as sharing your emotions. 2009
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In the late 1940s, Roberts claimed his Bible flipped open to the Third Epistle of John, verse 2: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health.
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But the Hebrew word, the word timshel — ‘Thou mayest’ — that gives a choice.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Win a SONY Reader. It’s as easy as sharing your emotions. 2009
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“Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury.”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Seek Her As Silver 2009
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“Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury.”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happily?
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