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Definition of Mightst
1. Verb. (archaic) (form of Second-person singular simple present form might) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mightst
1. may [v] - See also: may
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mightst
Literary usage of Mightst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"520 The way is narrow here ; soon mightst thou pass In broader space ; rein back,
lest on my car Thou clash, and with the encounter wreck us both. ..."
2. Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's by Thomas Heywood, Lucian, Desiderius Erasmus, Ovid, Joannes Ravisius Textor, Jacob Cats (1903)
"Thou mightst presume't. Vuk. It is my great desire, And to my best of wishes I'le
aspire ... mightst ..."
3. A dictionary of quotations from the English poets by Henry George Bohn (1881)
"model to thy inward greatness, Like little body with a mighty heart,— What mightst
thou do, that honour would thee do, Were all thy children kind and ..."
4. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"... And Innocence is closing up his eyes, Now, if thou wouldst, when all have
given him over, From death to life thou mightst him yet recover. ..."
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