Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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Alternative spelling of the.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, rare
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noun
The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
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pron
Objective and reflexive case of thou.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary, objective, second-person, singular
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pron
Thou.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, objective, second-person, singular
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pron
Honorific alternative letter-case form of thee, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
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Usage: alt-of, honorific
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verb
To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To use the word thee.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To thrive; prosper.
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Usage: UK, intransitive, obsolete
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History
Respelling of the popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.
From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.
From Middle English theen (“to increase, prosper, flourish”), from Old English þēon (“to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną (“to thrive, succeed”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to succeed, turn out well”). Cognate with Dutch gedijen (“to flourish, thrive, prosper, succeed”), German gedeihen (“to thrive”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gaþeihan, “to increase, thrive”).
Across languages
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