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thee¹

  • /ðiː/

Sounds like the (when stressed) · Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

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.

pronoun thou · thyself · Thee · the

  1. archaic, literary, objective, second person, singular 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.
  2. archaic, dialectal, objective, second person, singular 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?"

verb thees · theeing · theed

  1. transitive 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. intransitive 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.

thee²

  • /θiː/

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

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”).

verb thees · theeing · theed · the

  1. UK, intransitive, obsolete To thrive; prosper. Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought.

thee³

Where it comes from

From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

noun thees

  1. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

thee⁴

Where it comes from

Respelling of the popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.

article

  1. alternative, nonstandard, rare Alternative spelling of the.the

Thee⁵

pronoun

  1. honorific Honorific alternative letter-case form of thee, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.thee

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