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thine Definition

thine (t̸hīn)

that or those belonging to thee (you): the possessive form of thou, used without a following noun this book is thine; thine are better; is he a friend of thine?

Etymology: ME thin < OE, gen. of thu, thou (ME loss of -n before a consonant gives thy)

thy: used esp. before a word beginning with a vowel or the letter h

thine Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • suffer: Isa 55:3 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
  • make: And such since thou canst make thine own content, Strive, Wroth, to live long innocent.
  • have: Hath sentinel of old Cromwell E'er watch 'd thine ancient hall?
  • forget: There is not a good thought of thine forgotten.
  • let: Let thine own business engage thine attention; leave the care of the state to the governors thereof.
  • give: Then blow some trumpet loud and free And give thine oaten pipe away, Ah, leave the hills of Arcady!

Modifies a noun

  • handmaid: And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
  • owne: Well, keepe me company but two yeares mo, Thou shalt not know the sound of thine owne tongue Ant.
  • footstool: The Lord said unto my Lord: sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • alms: In verse 2 He said: " When thou doest thine alms " .
  • intercession: Thrice blessed disciple of our great father Aidan, forever we shall call upon thine intercessions.

Preposition: by

  • election: By election; thine by free election, mine by special donation: 1 Peter ii.

Noun used with modifier

  • 'to: Remember the ancient dictum: 'To thine own self be true ' .
thine Quotes

Belove'  d, what are names but air? Choose thou whatever suits the line; Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, Call me Lalage or Doris, Only, only call meThine.

—Coleridge, Samuel Taylor