Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of prithee.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • interjection See prithee.

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  • interjection Alternative spelling of prithee.

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Examples

  • ‘“A plain leg of mutton, my Lucy, I prythee get ready at three; Have it tender, and smoking, and juicy, And what better meat can there be?”’ says Gray, quoting my favourite poet.

    The Book of Snobs 2006

  • Get thee gone go ie good man, and suffer us to sleepe I prythee.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Thou knowest that I supt with thy Mistresse this night; but if our Sicilian kindred be so soone forgot, I prythee give mee my

    The Decameron 2004

  • Glaucus thus: O Glaucus, my friend, prythee attend to my behest.

    The Odyssey of Homer 2003

  • I always doubted that horse of yours: prythee sell him, and let it be a present to me.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • Glaucus thus: O Glaucus, my friend, prythee attend to my behest.

    The Iliad of Homer 2003

  • Good dame, I prythee give each of these men a bottrine of wine or a jack of ale.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "I prythee that you will pardon me," said the knight, clutching his way along the bulwark.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • Good dame, I prythee give each of these men a bottrine of wine or a jack of ale.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "I prythee that you will pardon me," said the knight, clutching his way along the bulwark.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

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