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yours


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  You  \You\  ([=u]),  pron.  [Possess.  {Your}  ([=u]r)  or  {Yours} 
  ([=u]rz);  dat.  &  obj.  {You}.]  [OE.  you  eou,  eow,  dat.  & 
  acc.,  AS  e['o]w,  used  as  dat.  &  acc.  of  ge  g[=e],  ye  akin 
  to  OFries  iu  io  D.  u,  G.  euch,  OHG.  iu  dat.,  iuwih  acc., 
  Icel.  y[eth]r,  dat.  &  acc.,  Goth.  izwis;  of  uncertain  origin. 
  [root]189.  Cf  {Your}.] 
  The  pronoun  of  the  second  person,  in  the  nominative,  dative, 
  and  objective  case,  indicating  the  person  or  persons 
  addressed.  See  the  Note  under  {Ye}. 
 
  Ye  go  to  Canterbury;  God  you  speed.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Good  sir,  I  do  in  friendship  counsel  you  To  leave  this 
  place  --Shak. 
 
  In  vain  you  tell  your  parting  lover  You  wish  fair  winds 
  may  waft  him  over  --Prior. 
 
  Note:  Though  you  is  properly  a  plural,  it  is  in  all  ordinary 
  discourse  used  also  in  addressing  a  single  person,  yet 
  properly  always  with  a  plural  verb  ``Are  you  he  that 
  hangs  the  verses  on  the  trees,  wherein  Rosalind  is  so 
  admired  ?''  --Shak.  You  and  your  are  sometimes  used 
  indefinitely,  like  we  they  one  to  express  persons 
  not  specified.  ``The  looks  at  a  distance  like  a 
  new-plowed  land;  but  as  you  come  near  it  you  see 
  nothing  but  a  long  heap  of  heavy,  disjointed  clods.'' 
  --Addison.  ``Your  medalist  and  critic  are  much  nearer 
  related  than  the  world  imagine.''  --Addison.  ``It  is 
  always  pleasant  to  be  forced  to  do  what  you  wish  to  do 
  but  what  until  pressed,  you  dare  not  attempt.'' 
  --Hook.  You  is  often  used  reflexively  for  yourself  of 
  yourselves.  ``Your  highness  shall  repose  you  at  the 
  tower.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yours  \Yours\  (["u]rz),  pron. 
  See  the  Note  under  {Your}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thou  \Thou\,  pron.  [Sing.:  nom.  {Thou};  poss.  {Thy}or  {Thine}; 
  obj.  {Thee}.  Pl.:  nom.  {You};  poss.  {Your}or  {Yours};  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. 
 
  Art  thou  he  that  should  come?  --Matt.  xi  3. 
 
  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. 
 
  Note:  Thou  is  now  sometimes  used  by  the  Friends,  or  Quakers, 
  in  familiar  discourse,  though  most  of  them  corruptly 
  say  thee  instead  of  thou.