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bist | sist |

As a numeral bist

is twenty.

As an adverb sist is

least, worst.

bist

English

Verb

(head)
  • Originally used to form the second person singular of be, but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is
  • *1875 , Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch :
    • Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.
  • *1904 , Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale :
    • Lookee, thee bist' purty, my love; lookee, thee ' bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
    Where bist goin'.
  • :: Where are you going?
    • I bist goin' 'ome.
  • :: I am going home
    • How bist ?
  • :: How are you?

    • Related terms

    * bin * bisn't

    Anagrams

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    sist

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • ; to delay or suspend; to stop
  • to cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
    • Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a stay or suspension of proceedings
    • (Burrill)
    (Webster 1913) ----