soughtst

English

Alternative forms

• soughtest, sought'st

Verb

soughtst

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of seek
   • 1667, Charles Hoole, transl., Six Comedies of That Excellent Poet Publius Terentius, an African of Carthage, in English and Latine. […], London: […] J. Fl. for the Company of Stationers, page 202:

     Miſerable me! was this, I beſeech thee, that you ſoughtſt after?

   • 1674, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, pages 202–203:

     Rejoycing, but with aw / In adoration at his feet I fell / Submiſs: he rear’d me, and Whom thou ſoughtſt I am, / Said mildely, Author of all this thou ſeest / Above, or round about thee or beneath.

   • 1807 June 27, Occasional Correspondent [pseudonym], “A Sentimental Rhapsody”, in The Lady’s Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, volume XXXVIII, London: […] G[eorge] Robinson, published July 1807, page 347, column 1:

     Hatched from the shell, thou creptst from off the leaf; and in the conduct of unerring instinct soughtst the bottom, saved from a thousand unknown enemies.

   • 1825 [1614], Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments, volume II, London: […] William Baynes and Son, […]; Edinburgh: H. S. Baynes, page 530:

     Thou well knewst that the work thou wentst about would require the use of all thy powers; it was not thine ease that thou soughtst, but our redemption; […]