Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Used as a modifier before a noun.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to thee: possessive of the pronoun thou, second person singular. It is used in solemn and grave style. See
thine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- pronoun Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of
thine , possessive case ofthou ; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry.Thine is used in the predicate. Seethine .
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- conjunction obsolete
because . - pronoun archaic That belongs to
thee ; the possessive form ofthou . - pronoun archaic or literary
your (informal); that belongs to you (singular).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I shall probably never see thee more; but in quitting thy white-cliffed shores, I quit not my ardent attachment and veneration for thee; -- and now for _thy_ eldest daughter beyond the ocean!
Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2) John M'lean
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"Well, then, let thy son marry _thy_ daughter, and bestow the treasure on the young couple for a marriage portion."
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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"Bid not thy guard to shoot again, Meriamun, lest the arrow find _thy_ heart, for, know this, no man may harm me;" and once more she lifted her veil, and speaking to those at the gates said: "Open, I beseech you, and let the Hathor pass."
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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This shall be thy pilgrim brightness, this _thy blessed portion now_.
Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Andrew Murray 1872
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_Then_, surely, thee would forgive; thy heart is not so hard as thee would have me believe; thee wishes me happiness, I cannot doubt, but thinks it will come in _thy_ way, not in mine.
The Story of Kennett Bayard Taylor 1851
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_ -- Oh that this day's labor may be blessed! and not mine alone, but all thy faithful servants all over the world, till _thy
The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne Andrew A. Bonar 1851
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God told David, by the mouth of Nathan, when he upbraided him with his ingratitude for the blessings he had given him, and said, "And I gave thee thy master's house, and _thy master's wives_ into thy bosom."
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Lucille, thy prayer be granted, if he recover his sight, _thy_ charm is gone, he will love thee no longer.
The Pilgrims of the Rhine Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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'Our Father which art (God) in Heaven, '_hallowed be thy name, thy_
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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So true is it, that "thy people shall be _willing_ in the day of _thy power_!"
Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I Francis Augustus Cox 1818
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