Thee
pronoun
The old way of saying 'you' when the person is the object of the sentence.
I will always love thee.
Often appears as...
- i adore thee
- with all my heart
Usage tips
Formal
Poetic
pronoun
The old way of saying 'you' when the person is the object of the sentence.
I will always love thee.
Often appears as...
- i adore thee
- with all my heart
Usage tips
Formal
Poetic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Expression
Often used in romantic poetry or Shakespearean drama to convey affection or deep emotion.
Oh, how I pine for thee, under the silvery moon.
Pro Tip 2/3Olden Respect
'Thee' suggests respect when addressing someone in historical or religious texts.
Thee art exalted above all.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentional Archaism
Modern usage is deliberate to give a sense of antiquity or gravity. Rare in casual speech.
I summon thee to the old hall.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Expression
Often used in romantic poetry or Shakespearean drama to convey affection or deep emotion.
Oh, how I pine for thee, under the silvery moon.
Pro Tip 2/3Olden Respect
'Thee' suggests respect when addressing someone in historical or religious texts.
Thee art exalted above all.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentional Archaism
Modern usage is deliberate to give a sense of antiquity or gravity. Rare in casual speech.
I summon thee to the old hall.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Expression
Often used in romantic poetry or Shakespearean drama to convey affection or deep emotion.
Oh, how I pine for thee, under the silvery moon.
Pro Tip 2/3Olden Respect
'Thee' suggests respect when addressing someone in historical or religious texts.
Thee art exalted above all.
Pro Tip 3/3Intentional Archaism
Modern usage is deliberate to give a sense of antiquity or gravity. Rare in casual speech.
I summon thee to the old hall.
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Raspberry Pi: engaging...
enjoy doing as a child in fact most of what people have been doing with thee with the PI is to use this thing here which is on general purpose i/o connected this allows you to talk to the real world so what people have been doing some of the most impressive projects have been physical projects have been interacting with the
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
see quite a lot of good wildlife when you're on the golf course there and I've sold seen a little blue duiker I've seen a blue darken lamb of this big being hunted by a mongoose being hunted by a grey Mongoose and just off the air the 13th it you know thee well for tabletop there yes
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Did Shakespeare write...
Examples of characteristics include average sentence length, the arrangement of words, and even the number of occurrences of a particular word. Let's look at use of the word thee and visualize it as a dimension, or axis. Each of Shakespeare's works can be placed on that axis,
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Do the green thing -...
him through fields and broken his heart sure she'd aged a little the fact she dates a lot but he fought all his old passion for a return for he called softly that was her name don't say another word got thee she said but that was his name I know a tent next to a
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The pleasure of poetic...
"So long lives this and this gives life to thee." In fact, this type of specific consonance, which occurs at the beginning of words may be familiar to you already. It's called alliteration, or front rhyme. Great examples include tongue twisters.
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Insults by Shakespeare
Have at thee, coward!" Okay, heartless hinds. We know that once again, it's not a good thing. Both families hate each other, and this is just adding fuel to the fire. But just how bad is this stinger? A heartless hind is a coward,
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Why Shakespeare loved...
where each line of verse is made up of five two-syllable iambs, for a total of ten syllables. And it's used for many of Shakespeare's most famous "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
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How did clouds get their...
wrote a series of poems in praise of Howard's clouds, which ended with the memorable lines, "As clouds ascend, are folded, scatter, fall, Let the world think of thee who taught it all,"
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
Any ideas who said that? Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Yes, let me give you a few more quotes. "O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee?"
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Felix Dennis' odes to...
Dearest, do I love thee less? Do I shrink from thy caress? Think you I could cease to care?
Video examples
Raspberry Pi: engaging...
enjoy doing as a child in fact most of what people have been doing with thee with the PI is to use this thing here which is on general purpose i/o connected this allows you to talk to the real world so what people have been doing some of the most impressive projects have been physical projects have been interacting with the
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
see quite a lot of good wildlife when you're on the golf course there and I've sold seen a little blue duiker I've seen a blue darken lamb of this big being hunted by a mongoose being hunted by a grey Mongoose and just off the air the 13th it you know thee well for tabletop there yes
Video examples
Did Shakespeare write...
Examples of characteristics include average sentence length, the arrangement of words, and even the number of occurrences of a particular word. Let's look at use of the word thee and visualize it as a dimension, or axis. Each of Shakespeare's works can be placed on that axis,
Video examples
Do the green thing -...
him through fields and broken his heart sure she'd aged a little the fact she dates a lot but he fought all his old passion for a return for he called softly that was her name don't say another word got thee she said but that was his name I know a tent next to a
Video examples
The pleasure of poetic...
"So long lives this and this gives life to thee." In fact, this type of specific consonance, which occurs at the beginning of words may be familiar to you already. It's called alliteration, or front rhyme. Great examples include tongue twisters.
Video examples
Insults by Shakespeare
Have at thee, coward!" Okay, heartless hinds. We know that once again, it's not a good thing. Both families hate each other, and this is just adding fuel to the fire. But just how bad is this stinger? A heartless hind is a coward,
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
where each line of verse is made up of five two-syllable iambs, for a total of ten syllables. And it's used for many of Shakespeare's most famous "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
wrote a series of poems in praise of Howard's clouds, which ended with the memorable lines, "As clouds ascend, are folded, scatter, fall, Let the world think of thee who taught it all,"
Video examples
Why do we sleep? PIPE...
Any ideas who said that? Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Yes, let me give you a few more quotes. "O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee?"
Video examples
Felix Dennis' odes to...
Dearest, do I love thee less? Do I shrink from thy caress? Think you I could cease to care?
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Johann Arndt
German Theologian
But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
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David Mallet
Scottish Dramatist
Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
English Poet
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
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Bryan Procter
English Poet
O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
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Charles Churchill
English Poet
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
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Richard Rolle
English Writer
It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.
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Richard Lovelace
English Poet
I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor more.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
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Johann Arndt
German Theologian
But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.
Quote examples
Lord Byron
British Poet
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
Quote examples
Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
Quote examples
David Mallet
Scottish Dramatist
Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
English Poet
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
Quote examples
Bryan Procter
English Poet
O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
Quote examples
Charles Churchill
English Poet
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
Quote examples
Richard Rolle
English Writer
It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.
Quote examples
Richard Lovelace
English Poet
I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor more.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
Example 1 of 10
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