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thee
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thee
(pronoun)
thee
/
ˈ
ðiː/
pronoun
thee
/
ˈ
ðiː/
pronoun
Britannica Dictionary definition of THEE
old-fashioned + literary
—
used as a singular form of “you” when it is the object of a verb or preposition.
“I take
thee
at thy word…”
Shakespeare,
Romeo and Juliet
(1594–95)
“Sweet land of liberty, of
thee
I sing…”
Samuel Francis Smith, “My Country, 'Tis of Thee” (1831)
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