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sobbest

sobbest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of sob.

Meaning of sob

Verb (1)

sob (third-person singular simple present sobs, present participle sobbing, simple past and past participle sobbed)

  1. (intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.
    • She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.
  2. (transitive) To say (something) while sobbing.
    • "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

Verb (2)

sob (third-person singular simple present sobs, present participle sobbing, simple past and past participle sobbed)

  1. To soak.
    • the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

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Origin of sobbest

sob + -est

Questions about sobbest

What is sobbest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sobbest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of sob.

Words near sobbest in the dictionary

  1. sobat
  2. sobbed
  3. sobber
  4. sobbers
  5. sobbery
  6. sobbest
  7. sobbeth
  8. sobbie
  9. sobbier
  10. sobbies
  11. sobbiest

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