thine
the possessive case of thou1 used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
that which belongs to thee: Thine is the power and the glory.
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How to use thine in a sentence
For my sake turn again to life and smile, nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine.
He also liked to say, without a trace of self-consciousness, “To thine own self be true.”
Sometimes Memoirs, Especially by Our Own Kin, Tell Us More Than They Intend | Louisa Thomas | June 16, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was he who first said, If thine enemy hunger give him food, if he thirst give him drink.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayIf thine eye be sound the whole body is illumined; if the eye be diseased the whole body is in darkness.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayCast the beam from thine eye before noticing the mote in that of thy neighbour.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel Conway
thine is the spirit of universal liberty and love—of uncompromising hostility to every form of injustice and wrong.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayThe men said unto her, we will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
British Dictionary definitions for thine
/ (ðaɪn) /
archaic : Compare thy
(preceding a vowel) of, belonging to, or associated in some way with you (thou): thine eyes
(as pronoun): thine is the greatest burden
Origin of thine
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