shouldst

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See also: should'st

English

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Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA(key): /ʃʊdst/, /ʃʊtst/
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  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /ʃədst/, /ʃətst/

Verb

shouldst

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of shall
    • 1750, The Holy Bible   Newly reviſed, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. (Douay–Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision), Job 10:3, page 15:
      Doth it ſeem good to thee that thou ſhouldſt calumniate me, and oppreſs me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counſel of the wicked?