Ye
[jiː] or [ji]
Definition
(-) Alt. of Ye
(-) an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.
(n.) An eye.
(pron.) The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
(adv.) Yea; yes.
Checker: Tanya
Definition
pron. the nom. pl. of the 2d person—in old English ye was always used as a nominative and you as a dative or accusative as in the English Bible.
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Examples
- I have something beyond this, but I will call it a defect, not an endowment, if it leads me to misery, while ye are happy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I will discipline my sorrowing heart to sympathy in your joys; I will be happy, because ye are so. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Ye couldn't treat a poor sinner, now, to a bit of sermon, could ye,--eh? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I see what ye mean now. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Ye can do not mich, poor young lass! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Lord bless ye! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Lord bless ye, Tom, ye needn't break all the glasses! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Please, sir, there's twelve gentlemen wants to see ye, 'for a purpose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Don't ye be afeard for me, neighbours. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Your ladyship will pardon my freedom, I remarked, in conclusion, but it is said, 'by their fruits ye shall know them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Drink all ye want, she said; I knew how it would be. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And, I'll tell him ye won't let the women come to the mills, yo old nigger! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ye--yes--yes, sir, said Mr. Wilson, like one speaking in a dream. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I conceived the idea that the time when the banns were read and when the clergyman said, Ye are now to declare it! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Neighbours, if Mrs. Yeobright were to die, d'ye think we should be took up and tried for the manslaughter of a woman? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Ye meant well. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Fit for ye, at ony rate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I forgot to introjuice him to ye). William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ye an't 'fended, Mas'r George? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If he'd hear to me, he wouldn't trust any on ye--slippery as eels! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Have ye brought your cart far up, neighbour reddleman? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Hasn't ye 'eard that devil's spawn of a capting an' is mates knockin' the bloomin' lights outen 'arf the crew? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Ye'll be jingling into poetry just e'now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I'll warrant ye, said the drover, holds it and makes money out of it, and then turns round and brands the boy in his right hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'll crack ye over, if ye don't mind! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- So, then, ye'r fairly sewed up, an't ye? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Han't ye never heard of Jesus Christ? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then shall he say unto them, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it not to me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such things ye do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Arise, ye Greeks, and break your chains! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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