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weest

weest

English

Verb

weest ‎(third-person singular simple present weests, present participle weesting, simple past and past participle weested)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England) To waste.
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Etymology 2

From wee +‎ -est.

Adjective

weest

  1. superlative form of wee: most wee

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːst

Verb

weest

  1. (archaic) plural imperative of zijn
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of wezen
  3. second-person (gij) singular past indicative of wijzen

Etymology

From Middle English westen, from Old English wēstan ‎(“to lay waste, ravage”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstijaną ‎(“to waste, devastate”), from Proto-Indo-European *wāst- ‎(“empty, void”). Cognate with Scots wast, weist ‎(“to waste”), German wüsten ‎(“to waste, squander”). More at waste.

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