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mightest

mightest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of may.

mightest is the superlative form of might.

Meaning of may

Verb

may (third-person singular simple present may, no present participle, simple past might, no past participle)

  1. (intransitive, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, obsolete) To be strong; to have power (over).
  2. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, obsolete) To be able; can.
    • But many times[…]we give way to passions we may resist and will not.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  3. (intransitive, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, poetic) To be able to go.
    • O weary night, O long and tedious night,
      Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East,
      That I may backe to Athens by day-light […].1600, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III.3
  4. (auxiliary, defective, modal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
    • you may smoke outside
    Synonyms:
    can, could, might
  5. (auxiliary, defective, modal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
    • he may be lying
    Synonyms:
    could, might
  6. (auxiliary, defective, modal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Expressing a disjunctive or contrastive relation between indicative statements.
    • You may be my boss, but that doesn't mean you can insult me.
    Synonyms:
    might

See all 24 meanings of may

Meaning of might

Adjective

might (comparative mighter, superlative mightest)

  1. (obsolete) Mighty; powerful.
  2. (obsolete) Possible.

See all 10 meanings of might

Forms of mightest

alternative formmightst

Origin of mightest

From might + -est.

Questions about mightest

What is mightest the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Mightest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of may.

Words near mightest in the dictionary

  1. mighte
  2. Mighten
  3. mightened
  4. mighteous
  5. mighter
  6. mightest
  7. mighteth
  8. mightful
  9. mightie
  10. mightier
  11. mighties

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mightest (page history and authors); may (page history and authors); might (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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