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thee.

Objective and reflexive case of thou.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/ðiː/

  1. Objective and reflexive case of thou.

    archaic · literary · objective · second-person · singular

  2. Thou.

    archaic · dialectal · objective · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ðiː/

  1. To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.

    transitive

  2. To use the word thee.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/θiː/

  1. To thrive; prosper.

    UK · intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun

  1. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

Where this word comes from

From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

article

  1. Alternative spelling of the.

    alt-of · alternative · nonstandard · rare
Where this word comes from

Respelling of the popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.

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