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boughtest

boughtest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of buy.

Meaning of buy

Verb

buy (third-person singular simple present buys, present participle buying, simple past bought, past participle bought or (archaic, rare, dialectal) boughten)

  1. (ditransitive, transitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
    • Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.
    Synonyms:
    cheap, purchase
  2. (ditransitive, transitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
    • I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
    • VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood,
      As I am Iacke Strawe, thou ſhalt buy it with thy blood.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
  4. (transitive) To bribe.
    • He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
  5. (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
    • The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
  6. (informal, transitive) to accept as true; to believe
    • I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!

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Questions about boughtest

What is boughtest the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Boughtest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of buy.

Words near boughtest in the dictionary

  1. bought to let
  2. bought up
  3. bought with one's ears
  4. bought wolf tickets
  5. boughten
  6. boughtest
  7. Boughton
  8. Boughton Malherbe
  9. Boughton under Blean
  10. Boughtons
  11. boughts

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