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    Thee , v. i. [AS. þeón; akin to OS. thīhan, D. gedijen, G. gedeihen, OHG. gidihan, Goth. þeihan, Lith. tekti to fall to the lot of.  Cf. Tight, a.] To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] “He shall never thee.” Chaucer.
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    Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought.
    Spenser.

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    Thee , pron. [AS. ðē, acc. & dat. of ðū thou. See Thou.] The objective case of thou. See Thou.
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    ☞ Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for himself, etc.
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    This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee,
    Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner.
    Shak.

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    thou , pron. [Sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thy  or Thine ; obj. Thee . Pl.: nom. You ; poss. Your  or Yours ; obj. You.] [OE. thou, þu, AS. ðū, ðu; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. þū, Goth. þu, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. σύ, Dor. τύ, 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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    ☞ “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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    ☞ 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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