Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

camest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: camest
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular simple past indicative of come

Archaic

Example Sentences

"But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt."

Etymology

From came + -est.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

cam'st (alternative)

Questions

What does camest mean?: second-person singular simple past indicative of come
Where does camest come from?: From came + -est.

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