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guessedst

guessedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of guess.

Meaning of guess

Verb

guess (third-person singular simple present guesses, present participle guessing, simple past and past participle guessed)

  1. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
    • We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
  2. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
    • He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
  3. To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
    • That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
  4. (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
    • "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
  5. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
    • Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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What is guessedst the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Guessedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of guess.

Words near guessedst in the dictionary

  1. guess-work
  2. guessability
  3. guessable
  4. guessably
  5. guessed
  6. guessedst
  7. guesser
  8. guessers
  9. guesses
  10. guessest
  11. guesseth

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