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thee

(thē)

pron.The objective case of thou¹

a. Used as the direct object of a verb.

b. Used as the indirect object of a verb.

2. Used as the object of a preposition.

3. Used in the nominative as well as the objective case, especially by members of the Society of Friends.

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thee

(ðiː)

pron

1. the objective form of thou¹

2. (subjective) rare refers to the person addressed: used mainly by members of the Society of Friends

[Old English thē; see thou¹]

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thee

(ði)

pron.

1. the objective case of thou: With this ring, I thee wed.

2. thou (now used chiefly by the Friends).

[before 900; Middle English; Old English thē (orig. dat.; later dat. and acc.)]

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te ti

thee

[ðiː] PRON (o.f., poet) → te; (after prep) → ti
with thee → contigo

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thee

(ðiː) pronoun

an old word for `you' used only when addressing one person, especially God (usually Thee), as the object of a verb. We thank Thee for Thy goodness.vos

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Why, thou didst but just now rap me thrice, and I thee never a once, save by overbearing thee by my strength."

I am right glad to see thee, Will, and thou wilt add great honor and credit to my band of merry fellows.

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I see thee deafened with the noise of the great men, and stung all over with the stings of the little ones.

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CREON I protest to these, Not thee, and for thine answer to thy kin, If e'er I take thee--

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"Aye, aye, Seth's at no harm, mother, thee mayst be sure.

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Rachel now took down a snowy moulding-board, and, tying on an apron, proceeded quietly to making up some biscuits, first saying to Mary,--"Mary, hadn't thee better tell John to get a chicken ready?" and Mary disappeared accordingly.

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These two thrones except, The rest are barbarous, and scarce worth the sight, Shared among petty kings too far removed; These having shewn thee, I have shewn thee all The kingdoms of the world, and all their glory.

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OEDIPUS I would not have thee banished, no, but dead, That men may mark the wages envy reaps.

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For the sake of him who loves Thee beyond all else that moves, When thy Pack would make thee pain, Say: "Tabaqui sings again." When thy Pack would work thee ill, Say: "Shere Khan is yet to kill." When the knife is drawn to slay, Keep the Law and go thy way.(Root and honey, palm and spathe, Guard a cub from harm and scathe!) Wood and Water, Wind and Tree, Jungle-Favour go with thee!

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A few days more, thou knowest, my Alessandra, Will make thee mine.

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Give thanks to God, Sancho, that they signed the cross on thee just now with a stick, and did not mark thee per signum crucis with a cutlass."

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Up led by thee Into the Heav'n of Heav'ns I have presum'd, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein'd, (as once BELLEROPHON, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th' ALEIAN Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.