Definition of Mayst

1. Verb. (archaic) Second-person singular simple present form of '''may'''. ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of mayest) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mayst

1. may [v] - See also: may

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayst

mayoress
mayoresses
mayorial
mayories
mayors
mayorship
mayorships
mayory
mayos
mayour
mayours
maypoles
maypop
maypops
mayst (current term)
mayster
maysters
maytansine
maythorn
mayvin
mayvins
mayweed
mayweeds
mazaedia
mazaedium
mazal tov
mazama
mazamas
mazame

Literary usage of Mayst

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"Thou, keen-eyed, reading me, mayst For surely little is there left ... Book, what answer thou mayst gain Lest he should scorn thee, and thereof thou die ? ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... following extract from the ordinance of concession : " We give to thee and concedo forever all the lands which ilion mayst choose M<1 take in Abyssinia. ..."

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