verb · transitive · common

thee

thee · thees · theed · theeing

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

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/ðiː/

» Tom was in the hospital for thee months last year.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
(intransitive)To use the word thee.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete)To thrive; prosper.

Examples

87 sentences

Tom was in the hospital for thee months last year.
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God help thee, brother, as thou hast so helped two of us.
Хай тобі Бог помагає, брате, за те, що ти нам двом так допоміг.
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Have at thee!
Захищайтесь!
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There will I give thee my love.
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O that I had never seen thee.
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Origin

From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also acc

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.

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”).

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