shouldst

See also: should'st

English

Alternative forms

• shou'dst, should'st (obsolete)
• shouldest

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /ʃʊdst/, /ʃʊtst/

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• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ʃədst/, /ʃətst/

Verb

shouldst

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of shall
   • 1750, The Holy Bible  […] Newly reviſed, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. (Douay–Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision), Job 10:3, page 15:

     Doth it ſeem good to thee that thou ſhouldſt calumniate me, and oppreſs me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counſel of the wicked?