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  • verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of walk

Etymologies

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walk + -est

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Examples

  • But thee and thou pronouns and verb endings like walkest and sayeth were a feature of everyday speech in the early 17th century.

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  • Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

    The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations 2008

  • Christian as he was, to observe all the ceremonies of the Old Law, in order — say they — “that all may know that those things whereof they were informed concerning thee are nothing, but that thou thyself also walkest orderly and keepest the law.”

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • I walk thou walkest he walketh we walk you walk they walk

    The gods - they walk amongst us. Glyn Davies 2007

  • Let us at first see what thou knowest, of what thou art certain; that thou walkest with thy feet; that thou digestest with thy stomach; that thou feelest with thy whole body; and that thou thinkest with thy head.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

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  • And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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