hast
Archaic second-person have
Hast is an archaic second-person singular form of "have," used with "thou": Thou hast my word.
It appears in the King James Bible, Shakespeare, and other Early Modern English texts.
Modern readers encounter it mainly in religious contexts, historical fiction, or deliberately old-fashioned speech.
Archaic second-person pronoun
- theeSecond-person object, antiquated
- thyOld possessive pronoun
- dothArchaic third-person singular
- dostArchaic second-person "do"
art · wilt · shalt · ye · hither · thither · wherefore · forsooth
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
dost · art · wilt · shalt · ye · hither · thither · wherefore · forsooth · prithee
scripture
Sacred religious writings
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- verseMetered poetic passage
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
covenant · prophecy · sermon · parable · apostle · gospel · testament · revelation · epistle · liturgy
sonnet
Fourteen-line metered poem
Macbeth · Othello · Juliet · Globe · bard · quarto · folio · tragedy · comedy · monologue
hastslowness
Absence of quickness
leisureliness · sluggishness · torpor · languor · lethargy
hastdeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
caution · patience · carefulness · prudence · circumspection
- has toIs required to
- has beenPerson past prominence
- has a pointStates something logically sound
- has it comingMerits impending consequences
- rumor has itUnverified talk suggests
- has funEnjoys oneself
hasty, has, haste, hasten, hasn't, hastiness, hastening, hastened, overhasty