Word.ws English Dictionary

withholdest

withholdest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of withhold.

Meaning of withhold

Verb

withhold (third-person singular simple present withholds, present participle withholding, simple past withheld, past participle withheld or (rare, archaic) withholden)

  1. (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
    • The bank withheld her credit card.
    Synonyms:
    retain
  2. (transitive) To keep (information, assent, etc.) to oneself rather than revealing it.
    • withhold vital information
  3. (intransitive) To stay back, to refrain.
    • I’ll withhold from asking about it.

See all 4 meanings of withhold

Origin of withholdest

withhold + -est

Questions about withholdest

What is withholdest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Withholdest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of withhold.

Words near withholdest in the dictionary

  1. withholdal
  2. withholded
  3. withholden
  4. withholder
  5. withholders
  6. withholdest
  7. withholdeth
  8. withholding
  9. withholding tax
  10. withholding taxes
  11. withholdings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: withholdest (page history and authors); withhold (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “withholdest.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/withholdest. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.