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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
shall . - verb Alternative spelling of
shouldst .
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Examples
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Revelation 11:18. "thou shoudest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."
Brenda Peterson: Why Evangelical Candidates Stop at Red and Don't Go Green Brenda Peterson 2011
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Revelation 11:18. "thou shoudest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."
Brenda Peterson: Why Evangelical Candidates Stop at Red and Don't Go Green Brenda Peterson 2011
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Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010
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King Solomon, the wisest of all men, said in Proverbs 27: 22, "Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him."
Haggai Carmon: U.S. v. Iran: Winds of War or Psychological Warfare? 2010
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As Ecclesiastes would say, why shouldest thou vex thyself lamenting the inevitable?
Guerlain Mitsouko Fleur de Lotus: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009
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As Ecclesiastes would say, why shouldest thou vex thyself lamenting the inevitable?
Archive 2009-05-01 Marina Geigert 2009
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And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
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Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
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"Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
GENESIS 2008
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Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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