borest

English

Etymology

bore + -est

Verb

borest

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bore
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of bear
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):
      , Act I, Scene IV, page 288:
      [] when thou cloueſt the Crownes i’ th’ middle, and gau’ſt away both parts, thou boar’ſt thine Aſſe on the back o’re the durt, thou had’ſt little wit in thy bald crowne, when thou gau’ſt thy golden one away []

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