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☞ If the relative clause simply conveys an additional idea, and is not properly explanatory or restrictive, who or which (rarely that) is employed; as, the king that (or who) rules well is generally popular; Victoria, who (not that) rules well, enjoys the confidence of her subjects. Ambiguity may in some cases be avoided in the use of that (which is restrictive) instead of who or which, likely to be understood in a coördinating sense. Bain.
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That was formerly used for that which, as what is now; but such use is now archaic.
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We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen. John iii. 11.
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That I have done it is thyself to wite [blame]. Chaucer.
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That, as a relative pronoun, cannot be governed by a preposition preceding it, but may be governed by one at the end of the sentence which it commences.
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The ship that somebody was sailing in. Sir W. Scott.
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In Old English, that was often used with the demonstratives he, his, him, etc., and the two together had the force of a relative pronoun; thus, that he = who; that his = whose; that him = whom.
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I saw to-day a corpse yborn to church
That now on Monday last I saw him wirche [work]. Chaucer.
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Formerly, that was used, where we now commonly use which, as a relative pronoun with the demonstrative pronoun that as its antecedent.
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That that dieth, let it die; and that that is to cut off, let it be cut off. Zech. xi. 9.
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4. As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun. It is used, specifically: --
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(a) To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb.
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She tells them 't is a causeless fantasy,
And childish error, that they are afraid. Shak.
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I have shewed before, that a mere possibility to the contrary, can by no means hinder a thing from being highly credible. Bp. Wilkins.
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(b) To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to for that, in that, for the reason that, because.
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He does hear me;
And that he does, I weep. Shak.
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(c) To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by may, or might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc.
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These things I say, that ye might be saved. John v. 34.
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To the end that he may prolong his days. Deut. xvii. 20.
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(d) To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; -- usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that.
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The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds
Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings. Milton.
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He gazed so long
That both his eyes were dazzled. Tennyson.
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(e) To introduce a clause denoting time; -- equivalent to in which time, at which time, when.
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So wept Duessa until eventide,
That shining lamps in Jove's high course were lit. Spenser.
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Is not this the day
That Hermia should give answer of her choice? Shak.
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(f) In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.
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Ha, cousin Silence, that thou hadst seen that that this knight and I have seen! Shak.
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O God, that right should thus overcome might! Shak.
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☞ That was formerly added to other conjunctions or to adverbs to make them emphatic.
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To try if that our own be ours or no. Shak.
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That is sometimes used to connect a clause with a preceding conjunction on which it depends.
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When he had carried Rome and that we looked
For no less spoil than glory. Shak.
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5. As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing. [Archaic or in illiteral use.]
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Coloq. All that , everything of that kind; all that sort.
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With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope.
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The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd [gold] for a'that. Burns.
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-- Coloq. For that . See under , prep. -- Coloq. In that . See under , prep.
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Thatch (?), n. [OE. thak, AS. þæc a roof; akin to þeccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. stōgas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. �, �, a roof, � to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. , , , .] 1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
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2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
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Coloq. Thatch sparrow , the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
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Thatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thatching.] [From , n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. �eccean to cover.] To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.
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Thatcher (?), n. One who thatches.
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Thatching, n. 1. The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.
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2. The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
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Thaught (th�t), n. (Naut.) See .
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Thaumatolatry (th�mȧtŏlȧtr�), n. [Gr. qay^ma, qaymatos, a wonder + latreia worship.] Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. [R.]
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The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century. Hare.
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Thaumatrope (th�mȧtrōp), n. [Gr. qay^ma a wonder + trepein to turn.] (Opt.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.
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☞ It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidly round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage.
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thaumaturge (th�mȧtûrj), n. [See .] A magician; a wonder worker. Lowell.
Syn. -- thaumaturgist.
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{ thaumaturgic (th�mȧtûrjĭk), thaumaturgical (th�mȧtûrjĭk�l), } a. Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful. Burton.
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thaumaturgics (th�mȧtûrjĭks), n. Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.
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thaumaturgist (th�mȧtûrjĭst), n. One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker; a thaumaturge. Carlyle.
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thaumaturgus (th�mȧtûrgŭs), n. [NL., from Gr. qaymatourgos wonder-working; qay^ma a wonder + 'ergon work.] A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.
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thaumaturgy (th�mȧtûrj�), n. [Gr. qaymatourgia.] The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. T. Warton.
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thave (thāv), n. Same as . [Prov. Eng.]
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thaw (th�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thawed (th�d); p. pr. & vb. n. Thawing.] [AS. þāwian, þāwan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel. þeyja, Sw. töa, Dan. töe, and perhaps to Gr. thkein to melt. √56.] 1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
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2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
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3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial. Compare {4}, a. and {6}, a.
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thaw, v. t. To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
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thaw, n. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. Dryden.
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thawy (?), a. Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting. [archaic]
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The (�ē), v. i. See . [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton.
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The (�ē, when emphatic or alone; ��, obscure before a vowel; ��, obscure before a consonant; 37), definite article. [AS. ðē, a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. sē, formed under the influence of the oblique cases. See , pron.] A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
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☞ The was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a weakened form of that. When placed before adjectives and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns; as, the sublime and the beautiful. Burke. The is used regularly before many proper names, as of rivers, oceans, ships, etc.; as, the Nile, the Atlantic, the Great Eastern, the West Indies, The Hague. The with an epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name; as, Alexander the Great; Napoleon the Third. The may be employed to individualize a particular kind or species; as, the grasshopper shall be a burden. Eccl. xii. 5.
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The, adv. [AS. ðē, ðȳ, instrumental case of sē, seó, ðæt, the definite article. See 2d .] By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform. “Yet not the more cease I.” Milton.
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So much the rather thou, Celestial Light,
Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers
Irradiate. Milton.
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Thea (?), prop. n. [NL. See .] (Bot.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.
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☞ It is now commonly referred to the genus Camellia.
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theandric (th�ăndrĭk), a. [Gr. qeandrikos; qeos god + anhr, andros, a man.] Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature. Murdock.
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{ theanthropic (thēănthrŏpĭk), Theanthropical (thēănthrŏpĭk�l), } a. Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity. [R.]
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The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] theanthropic sytem. Gladstone.
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Theanthropism (?), n. [Gr. � god + � man.] 1. A state of being God and man. [R.] Coleridge.
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2. The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism. Gladstone.
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Theanthropist (?), n. One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.
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Theanthropy (?), n. Theanthropism.
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Thearchic (?), a. [Gr. �. See .] Divinely sovereign or supreme. [R.]
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He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence. Milman.
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Thearchy (?), n. [Gr. � god + -archy: cf. Gr. � the supreme deity.] Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
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{ Theater, Theatre } (?), n. [F. théâtre, L. theatrum, Gr. �, fr. � to see, view; cf. Skr. dhyā to meditate, think. Cf. .] 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.
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2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.
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3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. Burns.
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Shade above shade, a woody theater
Of stateliest view. Milton.
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4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [Obs.]
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For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. Bacon.
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5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.
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{ Theatin, Theatine } (?), n. [F. théatin, It. theatino.] (R. C. Ch.) 1. One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.
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☞ Their name is derived from Theate, or Chieti, a city of Naples, the archbishop of which was a principal founder of the order; but they bore various names; as, Regular Clerks of the Community, Pauline Monks, Apostolic Clerks, and Regular Clerks of the Divine Providence. The order never flourished much out of Italy.
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2. (R. C. Ch.) One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.
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Theatral (?), a. [L. theatralis: cf. F. théatral.] Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [Obs.]
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Theatric (?), a. Theatrical.
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Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride. Goldsmith.
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Theatrical (?), a. [L. theatricus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- Theatricality (#), n. -- Theatrically (#), adv.
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No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. R. Jefferies.
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Theatricals (?), n. pl. Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.
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Such fashionable cant terms as ‘theatricals,' and ‘musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.
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Theave (?), n. [Cf. W. dafad a sheep, ewe.] A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. [Written also thave.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Thebaic (?), a. [L. thebaicus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.
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Thebaid (?), n. [L. Thebais, -idis.] A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Bœotia.
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Thebaine (?), n. [So called from a kind of Egyptian opium produced at Thebes.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
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Theban (?), a. [L. Thebanus.] Of or pertaining to Thebes.
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Coloq. Theban year (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.
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Theban, n. A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
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I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban. Shak.
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Theca (?), n.; pl. Thecæ (#). [L., fr. Gr. � a case to put anything in. See a cover.] 1. A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids. (b) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral. (c) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.
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Thecal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.
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Thecaphore (?), n. [Theca + Gr. ferein to bear: cf. F. thécaphore.] (Bot.) (a) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecæ. (b) See .
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Thecasporous (?), a. (Bot.) Having the spores in thecæ, or cases.
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Thecata (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � a case.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Thecla (?), n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
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Thecodactyl (?), n. [� case + � finger.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
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Thecodont (?), a. [Gr. � a case + �, �, a tooth.] 1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
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2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
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Thecodont, n. (Paleon.) One of the Thecodontia.
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Thecodontia (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.
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Thecophora (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � a case + ferein to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecæ and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under .
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Thecosomata (?), n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See . -- Thecosomatous (#), a.
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Thedom (?), n. [Thee to prosper + -dom.] Success; fortune; luck; chance. [Obs.]
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Evil thedom on his monk's snout. Chaucer.
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Thee (thē), v. i. [AS. þeón; akin to OS. thīhan, D. gedijen, G. gedeihen, OHG. gidihan, Goth. þeihan, Lith. tekti to fall to the lot of. Cf. , a.] To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] “He shall never thee.” Chaucer.
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Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought. Spenser.
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Thee (�ē), pron. [AS. ðē, acc. & dat. of ðū thou. See .] The objective case of thou. See .
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☞ Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for himself, etc.
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This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee,
Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner. Shak.
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