Ye

Word YE
Character 2
Hyphenation y ë ye
Pronunciations /jiː/

Definitions and meanings of "Ye"

What do we mean by ye?

You. Used as the nominative second person pronoun. pronoun

You. Used as the objective second person pronoun. pronoun

The. definite article.

The personal pronoun of the second person, in the plural number: now commonly applied also (originally with some notion of distinction or compliment, as in the case of the royal we) to a single individual, in place of the singular forms thee and thou—a use resulting in the partial degradation of thou to a term of familiarity or of contempt. Ye is archaic, and little used except in exalted address and poetry.

As used without discrimination of case-form between nominative and objective.

As used for a single subject.

An obsolete variant of eye. noun

A Middle English form of yea.

An old method of printing the article the (AS. þe), the “y” being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (þ). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced yē. See the, and thorn, n., 4.

Yea; yes. adverb

The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case. pronoun

An eye. noun

You (the people being addressed). pronoun

Address a single person by the use of the pronoun ye instead of thou. verb

The determiner, article

Address a single person by the use of the pronoun ye instead of thou.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ye

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The word "ye" in example sentences

‘Weel, if ye dinna ken that, ’ said the resolute farmer, ‘ye ken this; —ye ken ye’re whiles obliged to be up our water in the way o’ your business; now, if ye let me stay quietly here the night wi’ the Captain, I’se pay ye double fees for the room; and if ye say no, ye shall hae the best sark-fu’ o’ sair banes that ever ye had in your life, the first time ye set a foot by Liddel-moat! ❋ Unknown (1917)

In the second Súra Abu 'Umr reads: "Nor shall ye be questioned concerning that which _they_ have done;" but' Ásim reads: "That which _ye_ have done." ❋ Edward Sell (N/A)

"_Whatsoever_ ye would that men should do to you, do _ye even so to them_." ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

"When ye were encamped on the near side of the valley, and they were on the further side, and the caravan was below you, if ye have made an engagement to _attack_, ye would assuredly have failed the engagement; but _ye were led into action notwithstanding_, that God might accomplish the thing _destined_ to be done." ❋ Moulavi Ger��gh Ali (N/A)

Ye mustn't do that agin, sonny; ye must come whether ye've money or no; times is hard, but, I swear, I kin give _ye_ a loaf any time. ' ❋ Various (N/A)

_Obey ye your rulers, or governors_, Heb.xiii. 17; where the words _obey ye_ doth not ❋ Unknown (N/A)

I want ter show ye she's sound's a nut -- _ye won't pay my price ef I doan't_. ❋ Various (N/A)

I do not serve what ye serve; nor will ye serve what I serve; nor will I serve what ye serve; nor will ye serve what I serve; —ye have your religion, and I have my religion! ❋ Unknown (1909)

They will ask thee what is lawful for them? say, ‘Lawful for you are good things and what ye have taught beasts of prey (to catch), training them like dogs; —ye teach them as God taught you; —so eat of what they catch for you, and mention the name of God over it, and fear God, for verily, God is swift in reckoning up. ❋ Unknown (1909)

O ye who disbelieve! excuse not yourselves to-day; —ye shall only be rewarded for that which ye have done. ❋ Unknown (1909)

But the faith that results in salvation invariably comes after repentance; "And ye when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, _that ye_ might believe him." ❋ Unknown (1900)

In the evening as I wandered the streets, that voice of God, '_Turn ye, turn ye_,' gave me great uneasiness. ❋ Unknown (1870)

I believe onything ye tell me, as far as _I_ think ye ken, but maybe no sae far as _ye_ think ye ken. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

She'll tak ye there in four or five hoors, as _ye_ ride. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if _ye through the Spirit_ do mortify the ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

"_Whatsoever_ ye would that men should do to you, do _ye even so to them_," Let every slaveholder apply these queries to his own heart; Am _I_ willing to be a slave -- Am _I_ willing to see _my_ wife the slave of another -- Am _I_ willing to see my mother ❋ Angelina Emily Grimke (1842)

_ Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the children of them who, in fact, kidnapped and bought in blood, and sold the slave in America! for now, ye hypocrites, ye buy the blood-stained cotton in quantity so immense, that _ye_ have run up the price of slaves to be more than a thousand dollars, -- the average of old and young! ❋ Unknown (1839)

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