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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Thou

/(t͟hou)/ · IPA /ðaʊ/
01 pron. The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing person…
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    The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.
    “Art thou he that should come?” — Matt. xi. 3.
02 v. t. To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.
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    To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.
    “If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss.” — Shak.
03 v. i. To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.
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    To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.[R.]