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They | They \They\ ([th][=a]), pron. pl.; poss. {Theirs}; obj. {Them}. [Icel. [thorn]eir they, properly nom. pl. masc. of s[=a], s[=u], [thorn]at, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the English definite article, AS. s[=e], se['o], [eth][ae]t, nom. pl. [eth][=a]. See {That}.] The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. [1913 Webster] Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them] full early for to sail. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] They of Italy salute you. --Heb. xiii. 24. [1913 Webster] Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness. --Matt. v. 6. [1913 Webster] Note: They is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on; as, they say (French on dit), that is, it is said by persons not specified. [1913 Webster] |
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