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starest

starest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of stare.

Meaning of stare

Verb

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

  1. (intransitive) To look fixedly (at something).
    • She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.
  2. (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
    • to stare a timid person into submission
  3. (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
    • staring windows or colours
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
    • Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Origin of starest

stare + -est

Questions about starest

What is starest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Starest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of stare.

Words near starest in the dictionary

  1. stares down
  2. stares into space
  3. stares like a stuck pig
  4. stares out
  5. stares someone in the face
  6. starest
  7. stareth
  8. Stareton
  9. starets
  10. staretses
  11. staretz

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