weest
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English westen, from Old English wēstan (“to lay waste, ravage”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstijaną (“to waste, devastate”), from Proto-Indo-European *wāst- (“empty, void”). Cognate with Scots wast, weist (“to waste”), German wüsten (“to waste, squander”). More at waste.
Verb [edit]
weest (third-person singular simple present weests, present participle weesting, simple past and past participle weested)
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To waste.
Related terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Adjective [edit]
weest
- superlative form of wee: most wee
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eːst
Verb [edit]
weest
- plural imperative of zijn
- plural imperative of wezen
- second-person (gij) singular past indicative of wijzen
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English verbs
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- Northern England English
- English words suffixed with -est
- English adjective superlative forms
- Dutch verb forms
