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thine definition

thine (t̸hīn)

pronoun

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)

possessive pronominal adjective

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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