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THEE

Definitions: THEE

THEE

Adjective

1. To thrive; to prosper.

Pronoun

1. The objective case of thou. See Thou.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "THEE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms within Context: THEE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Advice

Phrase: "give every man thine ear but few thy voice"; "I pray thee cease thy counsel"; "my guide, philosopher, and friend"; "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good"; verbum sat sapienti; vive memor leti; "we, ask advice but we mean approbation".

Conversation

Phrase: "with thee conversing I forget all time".

Request

Adverb: prithee, do, please, pray; be so good as, be good enough; have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please.

Revenge

Phrase: manet ciratrix, manet alid mente repostum; dies irae dies illa; " in high vengeance there is noble scorn "; inhumanum verbum est ultio; malevolus animus abditos dentes habet; " now infidel I have thee on the hip ".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: THEE

English words defined with "THEE": All in all, AvauntBetter halfDay after dayEncliticGod, Good fellowship, Graven imagehenceidol, in storePalilogy, Power of the keys, PritheeThe, The five wits, The heathen, Thy, To applaud to the echo, To avise one's self, To be beside one's self, To be dead, To bid welcome, To deal with, To do stead, To fling away, To leave one in the lurch, To set the hand to, To stand in stead, To use upWhat a vengeance, What the vengeance, What time, What time as. (references)
Specialty definitions using "THEE": After the Imperative, Auld HornieBarbier, Boeotian Ears, BorachioCacodæ'mon, Carmelite, Cooper's Hill, Covering of the eyes, CyllarosDavid and Jonathan, Delusion, Discharge Bible, Dr. Fell, Drinking Healths, Dum Vivimus, Vivamus, Dun in the Mire, Dying SayingsExcept, ExcessFlowers and Trees with Christian Traditions, FOLLY, Friar's HeelGodfathers, GowerHare-stone, Have at You, Hobbema, HouyhnhnmsI'risKa Me, Ka TheeleadMaccabzaeus, Macedon is not Worthy of Thee, Magic Rings, Mother EarthNabal, None, Nose LiteratureParidel, Philistines, Pride of the Morningrespite, Ring Posies, Roodselken, RosseSixes and SevensWater of Jealousy, Woe to Thee, O Land. (references)
Non-English Usage: "THEE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (tea).

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Modern Usage: THEE

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Dark and sinister man, have at thee! (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;)

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

I know I shouldn't eat thee, but (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

For my planet's sake I spit my last breath at thee! (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence)

Day by day, day by day O Dear Lord, three things I pray To see more clearly Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly Day by day. (Godspell; writing credit: David Greene; John-Michael Tebelak)

Lyrics

So desperately I sing to thee (Hook; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

We place our trust in thee, (One With Darkness; performing artist: Cher)

Respectfully I see to thee (Upside Down; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Hide thee deadly black tarantula ("Banana Boat (Day-O)"; performing artist: Harry Belafonte)

And I Will Then Say To Thee (Will You Be There; performing artist: Michael Jackson)

Tongue Twisters

Sheath thy sword, the surly sheriff said, "or surely shall a churlish serf soon shatter thee. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Of Thee I Sing (1972)

Dos' mou to fos mou Thee mou (1963)

My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950)

Of Thee I Sting (1946)

Get Thee Behind Me (1918)

Song Titles

Just a Closer Walk With Thee (performing artist: Jimmie Rodgers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: THEE

DomainTitle

Books

  • How Still We See Thee Lie (4 novels in 1) (reference)

  • I Thee Wed [ABRIDGED] (reference)

  • The God Chasers: 'My Soul Follows Hard After Thee (reference)

  • With These Words...I Thee Wed: Contemporary Wedding Vows for Today's Couples (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • George of the Jungle: My Jungle 'tis of Thee (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: THEE

Illustrations:
THEE

More images...

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Photo Album: THEE

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

"T'were Vain To Tell Thee All I Feel." / Published by Currier & Ives.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

With thee to support me, I defy the whole world.Credit: Library of Congress.

For the privilege of fighting for freedom, we thank Thee, O Lord.Credit: Library of Congress.

Oh, hush thee, little dear-my-soul, and close thine eyes in dreaming.Credit: Library of Congress.

Fair Deal Administration: I who have done my best to prove a worthy successor to the spending achievements of my late friend Roosevelt, do will thee debt without end.Credit: Library of Congress.

Recovery, recovery of thee I sing!.Credit: Library of Congress.

"Get thee behind me, (Mrs.) Satan!" / Th. Nast.Credit: Library of Congress.

Design for the new gallery of busts and pictures -"and so far will I trust thee gentle Kate" -Henry 4th, part 1st / / Peter,burgh, inv. et fecit.Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Nashville, "I christen thee Nashville".Credit: Library of Congress.

-- America, America, God shed his Grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood --.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: THEE

AuthorQuotation

Alexander Pope

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

Benjamin Franklin

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Captain William Driver

I name thee Old Glory.

John Donne

Nature's lay idiot, I taught thee to love.

John Milton

With thee conversing I forget all time.

Sir T. Browne

Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.

The Bible

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

William Shakespeare

We may pity, though not pardon thee.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: THEE

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Also (say they) in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that reddest out and broughtest in Israel, and the Lord said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. (Second Treatise of Government)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1948)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: THEE

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Yet, if death be in this cup, I bid thee think again, ere thou beholdest me quaff it.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Summer, I salute thee.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

I thank thee, good Sir John, with all my heart.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Let the noon find thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home.

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; The more I give to thee the more I have, for both are infinite.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: THEE

SubjectTopicQuote

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of moderation. Hail, high Excess -- especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me -- My skull thy pulpit, as my paunch thy shrine. Precept on precept, aye, and line on line, Could ne'er persuade so sweetly to agree With reason as thy touch, exact and free, Upon my forehead and along my spine. At thy command eschewing pleasure's cup, With the hot grape I warm no more my wit; When on thy stool of penitence I sit I'm quite converted, for I can't get up. Ungrateful he who afterward would falter To make new sacrifices at thine altar!

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: THEE

"THEE" is generally used as a pronoun (personal) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "THEE" is used about 649 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Pronoun (personal)100%64910,069

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: THEE

The following table summarizes the usage of "THEE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TheeLast name17041,863
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: THEE

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "THEE".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
OzanneN/AFrench

Save I pray thee

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: THEE

Expressions using "THEE": Belay thee Claw me claw thee i pray thee of thee to thee. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "THEE": thee-ay-tah, thee-day.

Containing "THEE": fare-thee-well.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: THEE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  thee

270

  doll house raleigh thee

10

  love thee

98

  parkside thee

9

  my country tis of thee

91

  closer walk with thee

9

  thee doll house

56

  groene thee

8

  just a closer walk with thee

52

  love poem thee

8

  compare day i shall summer thee

43

  bless glenn israel mark thee we

8

  nearer my god to thee

40

  belle southern thee

7

  lyrics to my country tis of thee

28

  get thee to a nunnery

7

  count let love thee ways

26

  camp thee

7

  country i thee vow

24

  fare thee well

6

  adore joyful joyful thee we

24

  barrett browning elizabeth i love thee

6

  thee midniters

18

  thee headcoats

6

  closer just lyrics thee walk

17

  jenerators thee

6

  thee michelle gun elephant

16

  hen house thee

6

  midnighters thee

13

  do i love thee

6

  shall i compare thee

11

  beach doll house myrtle thee

5

  g spot thee

11

  logo shack thee

5

  i exalt thee

11

  i love poem thee

5

  my jesus i love thee

11

  bungalow thee

5

  count elihow i let love thee ways

10

  exalt i lyrics thee

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: THEE

Language Translations for "THEE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

jou (thou, to, to thee, to you, ye, you, your). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

ty (to you), ti (of you, thou, ye, you), teje (of you, thou, you). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ضمير المخاطب نصبا وجرا. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

тебе (you), те (they, you), ти (thou, ye, you, yourself). (various references)

   

Czech

  

tobì (to you), ti (the, to you), tebe, . (various references)

   

Dutch

  

naar u (you), naar jou, naar je (you), jou (thou, you), je (one, they, thou, ye, you, your), aan jou (you), aan je (you). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تورا, ترا, بتو. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Herra varjelkoon sinua (the Lord keep thee). (various references)

   

French

  

toi (thou), te (thou, thyself, to thee). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

dookje (thee and thou). (various references)

   

German

  

dich (thou, you, yourself). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σε (at, in, into, on, to, upon). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לך (you), אותך (you). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

téged (you), neked (to you). (various references)

   

Italian

  

te (ye, you, yourself). (various references)

   

Manx

  

oo (thou, you). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eethay

   

Portuguese

  

ti (information technology, you), te (thyself, you), contigo (with you), a ti. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pe tine (you), îţi (you), ţie (you). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тебе (to you, you). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

thugad, thugaibh, thuige, thun (to thee), chugad (s., towards thee). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ti (tee, thou, ye, you), tebe (thyself, you), te. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

te (tea, thyself, you, yourself). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dig (dug, thyself, ye, you, yourself). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ท่าน (คำโบรา"). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

seni (you), sen (thou, ye, you), sana (thou, to thee, to you, ye, you). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

тебе (to you, you). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người (ball, soapy, trunk), anh (bund, bunder). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ti (thou, you). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: THEE

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

tibi. (various references)

Avestan200-600

thwãm, thwat. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: THEE

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 4, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintLegei auth o ihsouV egw eimi o lalwn soi
Latin405VulgateDicit ei Iesus ego sum qui loquor tecum
Old English990West SaxonSe hælend cwæð to hyre. Ic hyt em.þe wið þe sprece.
Middle English1395WyclifJhesus seith to hir, Y am he, that spekith with thee.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleIesus sayde vnto hir: I that speake vnto the am he.
Jacobean English1611King JamesJesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
Victorian English1833WebsterJesus saith to her, I that speak to thee am he.
Basic English1964OgdenJesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: THEE

LanguageJohn Chapter 4, Verse 26
CebuanoSi Jesus miingon kaniya, "Ako nga nakigsulti kanimo mao siya."
Chinese耶 穌 說 、 這 ' 說 話 的 就 是 他 。
CroatianKaže joj Isus: "Ja sam, ja koji s tobom govorim!"
DanishJesus siger til hende: "Det er mig, jeg, som taler med dig."
DutchJezus zeide tot haar: Ik ben het, Die met u spreek.
FinnishJeesus sanoi hänelle: "Minä olen se, minä, joka puhun sinun kanssasi".
FrenchJésus lui dit: Je le suis, moi qui te parle.
GermanJesus spricht zu ihr: Ich bin's, der mit dir redet.
Haitian CreoleJezi reponn li: Mwen menm k'ap pale avè ou la a, mwen se Kris la.
HungarianMonda néki Jézus: Én vagyok az, a ki veled beszélek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari"Akulah Dia," kata Yesus, "Aku yang sekarang sedang berbicara dengan engkau."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kata Yesus kepadanya, "Akulah Dia yang bertutur dengan engkau."
MaoriKa mea a Ihu ki a ia, Ko ahau ano ia e korero nei ki a koe.
NorwegianJesus sier til henne: Det er mig, jeg som taler med dig!
PortugueseDisse-lhe Jesus: Eu o sou, eu que falo contigo.   
RumanianIsus i -a zis: ,,Eu, cel care vorbesc cu tine, sknt Acela.``
ShuarJesus Tímiayi "Wiitjai. Amin chichaajmena Nú Kristuitjai."
SpanishJesús le dijo: --Yo soy, el que habla contigo.
SwahiliYesu akamwambia, "Mimi ninayesema nawe, ndiye."
SwedishJesus svarade henne: "Jag, som talar med dig, är den du nu nämnde."
UmaNa'uli' Yesus: "Aku' -mile toi-e, to mpololitai-ko wae-e lau."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: THEE

Derivations

Words beginning with "THEE": theelin, theelins, theelol, theelols. (additional references)

Words ending with "THEE": prithee, prythee. (additional references)

Words containing "THEE": potheen, potheens. (additional references)


Misspellings

"THEE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fthe, hty, thabe, thade, thae, thaer, t'have, thaye, thaze, theak, theal, thebe, thed, theed, theef, theel, theen, theer, thees, theet, thef, thei, theid, theik, theil, Theix, thele, theo, theol, thep, ther, thes, thete, theve, thex, theze, thge, thia, thieg, thiel, thieo, thige, thize, thoe, thse, thue, thwe, tohue, trhe, tsee, tthe, tyee, tze, tzee. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: THEE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-t"

-1 letter: eth, het, tee, the.

-2 letters: eh, et, he.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-h-t"
 

+1 letter: ether, lethe, sheet, teeth, thebe, theme, there, these, three.

 

+2 letters: aether, behest, bethel, either, etched, etcher, etches, ethane, ethene, ethers, ethyne, heated, heater, hefted, hefter, helmet, hented, hereat, hereto, hetero, lethes, nether, reheat, seethe, sheets, teched, techie, teethe, tempeh, tether, thebes, thecae, theine, themed, themes, thence, theres, therme, theses, thieve, threep, threes, towhee, wether.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: THEE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 48 45 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    ....    .    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001000 01000101 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#72 &#69 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0048 0045 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54423939

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Names: Derived from
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Bible Trace
19. Derivations
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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