thou

thou
    n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
         {thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {M}, {K}, {chiliad},
         {G}, {grand}, {thou}, {yard}]
    

Personal \Per"son*al\ (p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf.
   F. personnel.]
   1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
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            Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                  --Hooker.
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   2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
      affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
      peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
      general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
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            The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
            and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
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   3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
      corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
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   4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
      "Personal communication." --Fabyan.
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            The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
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   5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
      motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
      manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
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   6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
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   {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man
      claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
      or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
      to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
      goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.

   {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}.

   {Personal estate} or {Personal property} (Law), movables;
      chattels; -- opposed to {real estate} or {real property}.
      It usually consists of things temporary and movable,
      including all subjects of property not of a freehold
      nature.

   {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
      unity of the individual person, which is attested by
      consciousness.

   {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou},
      {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals.

   {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or
      administrators of a person deceased.

   {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
      rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
      private property.

   {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}.

   {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
      inflected to correspond with the three persons.
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thou \thou\ ([th]ou), pron. [Sing.: nom. {Thou}; poss. {Thy}
   ([th][imac]) or {Thine} ([th][imac]n); obj. {Thee}
   ([th][=e]). Pl.: nom. {You} (y[=oo]); poss. {Your} (y[=oo]r)
   or {Yours} (y[=oo]rz); obj. {You}.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS.
   [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw.
   du, Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael.
   tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185.
   Cf. {Thee}, {Thine}, {Te Deum}.]
   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.
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         Art thou he that should come?            --Matt. xi. 3.
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   Note: "In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a
         lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and
         expresses also companionship, love, permission,
         defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language
         of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further
         expresses honor, submission, or entreaty." --Skeat.
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   Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers,
         in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly
         say thee instead of thou.
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Thou \Thou\, v. t.
   To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with
   insolent familiarity or contempt.
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         If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss.
                                                  --Shak.
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Thou \Thou\, v. i.
   To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner
   of the Friends. [R.]
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