Takest vs Tamest - What's the difference?
takest | tamest |
(archaic) (take)
* 1611 : KJV Bible , Luke 19:21
(tame)
Not or no longer wild; domesticated
(chiefly, of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
Not exciting
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
* Roscommon
(mathematics, of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
to make something
to become
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
* Fuller
As a verb takest
is (archaic) (take).As an adjective tamest is
(tame).takest
English
Verb
(head)- For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
tamest
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*tame
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- They have a tame wildcat.
- The lion was quite tame .
- This party is too tame for me.
- For a thriller, that film was really tame .
- tame slaves of the laborious plough
Quotations
* (English Citations of "tame")Synonyms
* (not exciting) dull, insipidAntonyms
* (not wild) wild * (mild and well-behaved) gentle * (not exciting) exciting * (mathematics) wildDerived terms
* tamely * tamenessVerb
- He tamed the wild horse.
Derived terms
* tamerExternal links
* ("tame" on Wikipedia)Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) .Verb
(tam)- In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.