ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Wast

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /wɒst/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Wast is a verb meaning Obsolete form of waist.

Meaning

Obsolete form of waist.

More Meanings

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert.

Example Sentences

I remember the day when thou wast born.
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born […]
Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st! Yea, one wast thou with me That once of old.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

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