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couldst

[ koodst, kootst ]

auxiliary verb and verb

Archaic.
  1. 2nd person singular simple past tense of can 1.


couldst

/ ʊ /

verb

  1. archaic.
    used with the pronoun thou or its relative form, the form of could
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Heartily do I wish thou couldst see this household—its freaks and pranks and glories.

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I wish thou couldst have spoken to the child, as thou hadst draw n him out and set him at his ease; to me, he was civil, but so overwhelmed in humility he could barely converse.

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If thou couldst ever put thy pride away,     Belike my prejudice would fall aside.

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Bieber, how couldst thou forsake me!

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But couldst thou not help us by provoking relinquishment among the Confederates?

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