thee — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, alone, alone, due, happy, left, loved, old

I left thee alone in the garden while I went to fetch some water.

VERB + THEE

am, bid, call, charge, come, get, give, gives

I bid thee to come here at once and help me with this matter.

THEE + NOUN

', brother, death, myself, night, nunnery, shalt, thou

I beg thee, brother, to forgive me for what I have done.

PREP.

along, among, from, from, up, with, with

I walked along with thee through the quiet garden on that sunny afternoon.

ADV.

ever

I have never loved anyone quite like thee, not ever in my whole life.

Definitions

pron

1

Objective and reflexive case of thou.

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

2

Thou.

[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

verb

1

To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.

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, [...]

2

To use the word thee.

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.

You want to hear the word of God, and be challenged to go out and change the world. Instead, you are, for the fifth Sunday in a row, mewling on about purple-headed mountains (which is a bit of an imaginative stretch, since you live in East Anglia) and "theeing" and "thouing" all over the place.

verb

1

To thrive; prosper.

Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought.

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Idioms & Phrases

fare thee well

The greatest extent; completion; a state of refinement or perfection.

claw me, claw thee

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

get thee behind me

Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.

“Jesu Maria!” exclaimed the younger. “Oh, fie, Sister Seraphina! Fie, fie!--VADE RETRO--get thee behind me!”

Example Bank

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01

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.

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02

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

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03

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

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04

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 Apoſtle

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05

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 sa

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06

You want to hear the word of God, and be challenged to go out and change the world. Instead, you are, for the fifth Sunday in a row, mewling on about purple-headed mountains (which is a bit of an imag

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, thee is marked as archaic, literary, obsolete, UK, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.