THOU
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thou (&thlig_;ou), pron. [Sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thy (&thlig_;&ī;) or Thine (&thlig_;&ī;n); obj. Thee (&thlig_;&ē;). Pl.: nom. You (y&oō_;); poss. Your (y&oō_;r) or Yours (y&oō_;rz); obj. You.] [OE. thou, þu, AS. ð&ū;, ðu; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. þ&ū;, Goth. þu, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. √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.
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Art thou he that should come?
Matt. xi. 3.
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&hand_; “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.
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&hand_; Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou.
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Thou, v. t. To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.
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If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss.
Shak.
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Thou, v. i. To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. [R.]
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