Thee

/ðiː/ · pronoun

Meaning

(now chiefly archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now chiefly archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou.
2. (now chiefly archaic, dialect) Thou.
3. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
4. (intransitive) To use the word thee.
5. (intransitive, UK, obsolete) To thrive; prosper.
6. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
7. (very rare, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of the.

Example Sentences

Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part? Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.

Michael, this my behest have thou in charge, Take to thee from among the Cherubim Thy choice of flaming Warriours, least the Fiend

Come, O thou Traveller unknown, / Whom still I hold, but cannot see! / My company before is gone, / And I am left alone with Thee; / With Thee all night I mean to stay, / And wrestle till the break of day.

[H]e immediately perceived when I was taken ill, and, after seeing Mama, said to me "I am afraid Thee art not well thyself?"

"He says he's our man, Bildad," said Peleg, "he wants to ship." "Dost thee?" said Bildad, in a hollow tone

"What does thee want, father?" said Rachel.

What! doſt thou not believe that God's Thouing and theeing was and is ſound Speech? [...] And theeing & Thouing of one ſingle Perſon was the language of Chriſt Jeſus, and the Holy Prophets and Apoſtles both under the Diſpenſations of Law and Goſpel, [...]

The hardcore role-players will wake up one day feeling, like a dead weight on their chest, the strain of endless texting in Renaissance Faire English—yet dutifully go on theeing and thouing all the same.

Synonyms for thee

Antonyms for thee

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Word Forms

• thou
• thyself
• Thee
• the
• thees
• theeing
• theed

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