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owest

owest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of owe.

Meaning of owe

Verb

owe (third-person singular simple present owes, present participle owing, simple past owed or (archaic) ought, past participle owed or (archaic) ought or (archaic) own)

  1. (ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
    • We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.
  2. (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.
  3. (transitive) To have as a cause; used with to.
    • The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.

Origin of owest

From owe + -est.

Questions about owest

What is owest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Owest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of owe.

Words near owest in the dictionary

  1. Owerri
  2. owers
  3. owes
  4. owes it to oneself
  5. owes out
  6. owest
  7. oweth
  8. OWF
  9. OWFs
  10. OWI
  11. owie

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