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beest

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

beestings, colostrum

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

verb

Meaning 2

second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be

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Usage: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive

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History

Etymology

See beestings.

From Middle English bēst, biest, beost, bist, from Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare West Frisian bist, German bist.