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footest

footest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of foot.

Meaning of foot

Verb

foot (third-person singular simple present foots, present participle footing, simple past and past participle footed)

  1. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  2. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
  3. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
    • There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
  4. To walk.
    • thieves do foot by nightc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  5. (archaic) To set foot on; to walk on.
    • […] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens
  6. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
    • What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Origin of footest

foot + -est

Questions about footest

What is footest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Footest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of foot.

Words near footest in the dictionary

  1. footedness
  2. footer
  3. footered
  4. footering
  5. footers
  6. footest
  7. footeth
  8. footfag
  9. footfall
  10. footfalls
  11. footfarer

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