What does thine mean?
Thine means (archaic, Early Modern) Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy)..
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/ðaɪn/ · determiner
(archaic, Early Modern) Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy)..
Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.
Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!
But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699
Use thine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thine means (archaic, Early Modern) Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.
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