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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thee.

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Examples

  • While many of us have LARP in our shameful? past, the only "thees" and "thous" at this event will be part of Monty Python jokes.

    Ludium 1: Conference on Synthetic Worlds and Academic Research, 10/01/05 Indiana University 2005

  • When I go in, an old friend, a stockbroker, is there, and "thees" and "thous" abound in the conversation, which runs on investments, the new English loan, banking accounts in

    Over There War Scenes on the Western Front Arnold Bennett 1899

  • I like the Quaker speech: the gentle intimacy of their "little language," with its quaint "thees" and "thous," and the curious turn they give to their verbs, disregarding the formalities of grammar.

    Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892

  • She also thought you should speak in character as well, engage in chivalry, do some jousts, some dueling, etc., but after a few "thees", "thous", "blessing bes", and no horse in sight my fingers starting contemplating some mutiny with the keyboard.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2010

  • Some major changes from the previous version of the book include: updated language to remove the "thees" and "thous" from all except the traditional prayers

    Pro-Life Hotline 2010

  • Let's see if I can remember a few of these bibles--there was the King James version; next important was something my mother's church used and approved of called the American Standard version, and its follow up called the American Revised Standard version--Americanized versions of the King James bible--you know, without the "thees" and ''thous."

    The Pentecost The Daily Growler 2006

  • I do not get to the top, I shall not hold you responsible, "David replied, dropping the" thees "of his Quaker life, in his determination to divest himself of all its customs as rapidly as he could.

    The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss

  • "Frankly, it seems kind of wacky," she said, "but if Thor is going to talk in 'thees' and

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2008

  • "Frankly, it seems kind of wacky," she said, "but if Thor is going to talk in 'thees' and

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2008

  • "Yes, your cats are cute, but I'm afraid thees ees impossible."

    For My F-Fellow St-Stutterers Con Chapman 2010

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