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thou
1[ thou ]
pronoun
- Archaic except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose. the second person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to modern you (used to denote the person or thing addressed):
Thou shalt not kill.
- (used by Quakers ) a familiar form of address of the second person singular:
Thou needn’t apologize.
verb (used with object)
- to address as “thou,” especially during an era of historical English when “thou” was distinguished as an informal form of you:
It would have been scandalous for household staff to thou the lord of the manor.
verb (used without object)
- to use “thou” in discourse:
There are still Quakers who thou as a matter of custom.
thou
2[ thou ]
noun
- one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
thou
1/ ðaʊ /
pronoun
- archaic.refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
- usually capital refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc
thou
2/ θaʊ /
noun
- one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
- informal.short for thousand
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Example Sentences
In the Old Testament, God tells King David that he cannot build the temple because “Thou has been a man of war and has shed blood.”
What we would like to do to eliminate or reduce poverty is pass a law that says, “Thou shalt not be poor” or “We shall not have poor families.”
In an arms races to prove they are holier than thou, rabbis add more and more prohibitions and prerequisites.
Three times,” he says angrily, “thou shalt betray me ere the cock crows.
Officials say thou-sands of International school boys may have crossed paths with William Vahey.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
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