thank

To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).

She thanked him for the lift.

[H]aſt thou no ſhame to deſpiſe that perſone, to whom onely and no man els, thou art bounde to thanke, euen for this veraie pointe, that thou ſetteſt ſo moche by thy peinted ſheathe?

In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.

I’ll thank you not to smoke in my house!

Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.

To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).

To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.

I should summon my lord from the Queen's royal presence to do your business, should I?—I were like to be thanked with a horse-whip.

Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.

We can thank global warming for this freak weather.