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   Theme , n. [OE. teme, OF. teme, F. thème, L. thema, Gr. , fr.  to set, place. See Do, and cf. Thesis.]
   A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
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   My theme is alway one and ever was.
   Chaucer.
   
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   And when a soldier was the theme, my name
   Was not far off.
   Shak.
   
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   Discourse on a certain subject.
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   Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme.
   Piers Plowman.
   
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   It was the subject of my theme.
   Shak.
   
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   A composition or essay required of a pupil.
   Locke.
   
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   (Gram.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
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   That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument. [Obs.]
   Swift.
   
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   (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
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