'Thou' definitions:
Definition of 'thou'
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Definition of 'Thou'
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- Thou \Thou\, v. t. To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt. [1913 Webster]
- If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thou'
From: GCIDE
- thou \thou\ ([th]ou), pron. [Sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thy ([th][imac]) or Thine ([th][imac]n); obj. Thee ([th][=e]). Pl.: nom. You (y[=oo]); poss. Your (y[=oo]r) or Yours (y[=oo]rz); obj. You.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185. Cf. Thee, Thine, Te Deum.] The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. [1913 Webster]
- Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Note: "In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty." --Skeat. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thou'
From: GCIDE
- Thou \Thou\, v. i. To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'thou'
From: GCIDE
- thou \thou\ ([th]ou), pron. [Sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thy ([th][imac]) or Thine ([th][imac]n); obj. Thee ([th][=e]). Pl.: nom. You (y[=oo]); poss. Your (y[=oo]r) or Yours (y[=oo]rz); obj. You.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185. Cf. Thee, Thine, Te Deum.] The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. [1913 Webster]
- Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Note: "In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty." --Skeat. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'thou'
From: GCIDE
- Personal \Per"son*al\ (p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
- 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster]
- Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. [1913 Webster]
- The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. "Personal communication." --Fabyan. [1913 Webster]
- The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. [1913 Webster]
- Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
- Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.
- Personal estate or Personal property (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or real property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature.
- Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness.
- Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she, it, and their plurals.
- Personal representatives (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased.
- Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property.
- Personal tithes. See under Tithe.
- Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. [1913 Webster]