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owest

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An archaic verb meaning to possess or own, or to be indebted to ("thou owest"); frequent in Elizabethan and Jacobean poetry.

Detailed Definition
In Shakespeare, owest can mean 'possess' rather than the modern sense of being indebted. Here it means the beloved possesses the fair beauty that will not be lost.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest” uses owest in the older sense “own” or “possess”; Shakespeare’s sonnets often use “owe” to mean possess or be endowed with; “The grace thou owest is not thine alone” preserves the archaic syntax; “What do we owe the river, and what beauty do we only borrow?” contrasts modern meanings.
Additional Notes
The verb 'owest' is an archaic form whose meaning is not immediately obvious to many modern readers.; Found in the poem, Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
Also Known As
thou owest thou art indebted thou owe
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