1. wast - Noun
2. wast - Verb
The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! What an inviting hell invented. John Fletcher
Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be. George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
What is the use of only being? I say to thee, Become, for therefore wast thou established as a man in this world of matter. Sri Aurobindo
Thou wast a bauble once; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloined The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed. William Cowper
Make an eternal spring; Give life to this dark world which lieth dead. Spread forth thy golden hair In larger locks than thou wast wont before, And emperor-like decore With diadem of pearl thy temples fair. William Drummond of Hawthornden
Erring soul of man - if thou wast indeed forced to err, it shall surely be accounted to thee for good on that great day when the Mighty One shall descend in the clouds to judge the living dead and the dead who are yet alive! Henrik Ibsen