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English
Verb
soughtst
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of seek
1667, Charles Hoole, transl., Six Comedies of That Excellent Poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine. , London: J. Fl. for the Company of Stationers, page 202:Miſerable me! was this, I beſeech thee, that you ſoughtſt after?
1674, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. , 2nd edition, London: S Simmons , →OCLC, pages 202–203:Rejoycing, but with aw / In adoration at his feet I fell / Submiſs: he rear’d me, and Whom thou ſoughtſt I am, / Said mildely, Author of all this thou ſeest / Above, or round about thee or beneath.
1807 June 27, Occasional Correspondent , “A Sentimental Rhapsody”, in The Lady’s Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, volume XXXVIII, London: G Robinson, published July 1807, page 347, column 1:Hatched from the shell, thou creptst from off the leaf; and in the conduct of unerring instinct soughtst the bottom, saved from a thousand unknown enemies.
1825 [1614], Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments, volume II, London: William Baynes and Son, ; Edinburgh: H. S. Baynes, page 530:Thou well knewst that the work thou wentst about would require the use of all thy powers; it was not thine ease that thou soughtst, but our redemption; […]