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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple past of of
may - adjective obsolete
superlative form ofmight : mostmight .
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Examples
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"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."
Randall Amster: "I Want to Be a Farmer": Food Justice, Out of the Mouths of Babes Randall Amster 2011
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"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."
Randall Amster: "I Want to Be a Farmer": Food Justice, Out of the Mouths of Babes Randall Amster 2011
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Where Thy temple stood will rise a new building; the terrible tower of Babel will be built again, and though, like the one of old, it will not be finished, yet Thou mightest have prevented that new tower and have cut short the sufferings of men for a thousand years; for they will come back to us after a thousand years of agony with their tower.
Obama to press forward with other stuff most Americans hate 2010
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“Thou mightest not wish to sleep this night,” the girl said.
Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009
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The nation has gone the mightest has fallen the vultures circle and feed from the corpse
Cheeseburger Gothic » And while you’re at it… another challenge. 2009
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I sure hope someone writes a response to this out of touch piece of nostalgia when America was the mightest country and the most powerful. .it just ain't like that no more!!
Joe Klein: I Was "Wrong" To Call McCain An Honorable Man 2009
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“Thou mightest have eaten them all, hadst I not stopped thee.”
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“Thou mightest not wish to sleep this night,” the girl said.
Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009
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“Thou mightest have eaten them all, hadst I not stopped thee.”
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“Thou mightest not wish to sleep this night,” the girl said.
Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009
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