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thee

Thee is defined as the person or thing addressed.

(pronoun)

An example of thee is, "I take you to be my wife."

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See thee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

pronoun

Archaic thou: they will help thee; to Thee we pray; did he give thee the book?
thou (nominative case): used as the subject, with the verb in the third person singular, by some members of the Society of Friends (Quakers): thee speaks harshly

Origin: ME the < OE, dat. & acc. of thu, thou

See thee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

pron. The objective case of thou¹

a. Used as the direct object of a verb.
b. Used as the indirect object of a verb.
Used as the object of a preposition.
Used in the nominative as well as the objective case, especially by members of the Society of Friends.

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