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Definition of 'ye'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ye, . See also you.
Alternative forms
* (chiefly in Middle English)
Pronoun
(archaic|outside|Northern England|Cornwall|Ireland) You (the people being addressed).
Usage notes
was originally used only for the nominative case (as the subject), and only for the second-person plural. Later, ye was used as a subject or an object, either singular or plural, which is the way that you is used today.
Derived terms
* d'ye
* hear ye
* ye'd
* ye gods
* ye'll
* ye're
* ye've
References
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Verb
(obsolete) a (l) person by the use of the (l) (term) instead of thou.
* 1483 , Catholicon Anglicum: An English–Latin Wordbook (Monson 168), page 426
- To ?e , vosare jn plurali numero vos vestrum vel tibi'' [''perh. read vobis].
* 1511 , Promptorium Parvulorum (de Worde), sig. M.iii?/2
- Yeyn or sey ye with worshyp, viso .
Synonyms
* (l) (obsolete)
Antonyms
* (l) (obsolete)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , but the letters were conflated when that was dropped.
Article
( head)
(archaic|definite) the
* 1647 , The old deluder, Satan, Act''. (cited in ''American Public School Law , K. Alexander, M. Alexander, 1995)
- It being one cheife proiect of ye''' ould deluder, Satan, to keepe men from the knowledge of v Scriptures, as in formr times by keeping ym in an unknowne tongue, so in these lattr times by perswading from '''ye''' use of tongues, yt so at least '''ye''' true sence & meaning of '''ye''' originall might be clouded by false glosses of saint seeming deceivers, yt learning may not be buried in '''ye church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting or endeavors,—
* Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe .
Derived terms
* ye olde
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