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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple past form of shall.
  • verb Alternative spelling of shouldest.

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Examples

  • Thou shouldst address me verily as Friar, I wot, or else I shall break thy pate forthwith with mine cudgel, after I have lustily eaten this pastry.

    May Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour 2009

  • If, in the days to come, thou shouldst journey to the Country of the Yukon, know thou that there shall always be a place and much food by the fire of the Wolf.

    The Sun of the Wolf 2010

  • And why shouldst thou dream, not having had more than thy portion of flesh?

    THE FIRST POET 2010

  • Was it fit thou so shouldst perish, though thy work was over then,

    The Voyage of Magellan 2010

  • And because of these things, and the kindness in which I stood to thee, it grieves me sore that thou shouldst return such a remarkable liar.

    Nam-Bok, the Unveracious 2010

  • And because of these things, and the kindness in which I stood to thee, it grieves me sore that thou shouldst return such a remarkable liar.

    NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS 2010

  • Then shouldst thou have sung it only at that time, and not when it is yet day.

    THE FIRST POET 2010

  • Thou shouldst address me verily as Friar, I wot, or else I shall break thy pate forthwith with mine cudgel, after I have lustily eaten this pastry.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • If, in the days to come, thou shouldst journey to the Country of the

    The Son of the Wolf 2010

  • Scholars have understood the different motives for eating as far back as Socrates, who counseled, "Thou shouldst eat to live, not live to eat."

    Eating to Live or Living to Eat? 2010

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