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   This , pron. & a.; pl. These . [OE. this, thes, AS. ðēs, masc., ðeós, fem., ðis, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG. diser, deser, Icel. þessi; originally from the definite article + a particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See The, That, and cf. These, Those.]
   As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.
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   When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
   Acts ii. 37.
   
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   But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched.
   Matt. xxiv. 43.
   
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   As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
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   ☞ This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under That, 1.
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   This way and that wavering sails they bend.
   Pope.
   
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   A body of this or that denomination is produced.
   Boyle.
   
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   Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow.
   Hooker.
   
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   Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him.
   Dryden.
   
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   Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end.
   Addison.
   
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   ☞ This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole.
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   This twenty years have I been with thee..
   Gen. xxxi. 38.
   
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   I have not wept this years; but now
   My mother comes afresh into my eyes.
   Dryden.
   
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