mayest
Archaic permission word
Mayest is an archaic second-person singular form of may, used with thou: Thou mayest go in peace.
It appears in the King James Bible, Shakespeare, and other early modern English texts.
The form survives mainly in religious contexts and historical fiction.
Archaic second-person pronoun
Expressing uncertainty
- perchanceArchaic word for maybe
- mayhapPossibly, old-style
- peradventureArchaic term for perhaps
- possiblyWith some likelihood
might · could · haply · conceivably · potentially · chance · likelihood
Fixed periodic payment
- leaveSanctioned time away
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- licenseFormal grant of permission
liberty · dispensation · grant · blessing · sufferance · authorization · permitted · allowed
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
hast · doth · dost · shalt · wilt · art · ere · whence · whither · betwixt
perhaps
Expressing uncertainty
- perchanceArchaic word for maybe
- mayhapPossibly, old-style
- peradventureArchaic term for perhaps
possibly · might · could · haply · conceivably · potentially · chance · likelihood
allowance
Fixed periodic payment
license · liberty · dispensation · grant · blessing · sufferance · authorization · permitted · allowed · entitled