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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thee \Thee\, v. i. [AS. ?e['o]n; akin to OS th[=i]han, D. gedijen G. gedeihen OHG. gidihan Goth. ?eihan, Lith. tekti to fall to the lot of Cf {Tight}, a.] To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] ``He shall never thee.'' --Chaucer. Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thee \Thee\, pron. [AS. [eth][=e], acc. & dat. of [eth][=u] thou. See {Thou}.] The objective case of thou. See {Thou}. Note: Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for himself, etc This sword hath ended him so shall it thee, Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thou \Thou\, pron. [Sing.: nom. {Thou}; poss. {Thy}or {Thine}; obj. {Thee}. Pl.: nom. {You}; poss. {Your}or {Yours}; obj. {You}.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS & OFries thu, G., Dan. & Sw du Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir & Gael. tu W. ti L. tu Gr sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185. Cf {Thee}, {Thine}, {Te Deum}.] The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi 3. Note: ``In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty.'' --Skeat. Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou.
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