Sawest vs Sewest - What's the difference?
sawest | sewest |
(archaic)
(archaic) (sew)
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
To enclose by sewing.
In archaic terms the difference between sawest and sewest
is that sawest is second-person singular past of lang=en while sewest is archaic second-person singular of sew.sawest
English
Verb
- Daniel 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Anagrams
*sewest
English
Verb
(head)sew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sewen, seowen, sowen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Verb
- Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
- to sew money into a bag