User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -ɒst
Verb
wast- Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a
hunting song),
- "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."
- 1611, The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version, (first &
last usages),
- Genesis 3:11 "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?"
- Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."
- Genesis 3:11 "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?"
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a
hunting song),
References
- American Heritage 2000
- Dictionary.com
Verb
wast- Form of The second-person singular present tense, wassen
- Form of The third-person singular present tense, wassen