the : [ðə] [ð'ʌ] [ði]
The \
The \ ([
th ][=
e ]),
v .
i .
See {
Thee }. [
Obs .] --
Chaucer . --
Milton .
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The \
The \ ([
th ][=
e ],
when emphatic or alone ; [
th ][-
e ],
obscure before a vowel ; [
th ]
e ,
obscure before a consonant ;
37 ),
definite article . [
AS . [
eth ][=
e ],
a later form for earlier nom .
sing .
masc .
s [=
e ],
formed under the influence of the oblique cases .
See {
That },
pron .]
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning .
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Note :
The was originally a demonstrative pronoun ,
being a weakened form of that .
When placed before adjectives and participles ,
it converts them into abstract nouns ;
as ,
the sublime and the beautiful . --
Burke .
The is used regularly before many proper names ,
as of rivers ,
oceans ,
ships ,
etc .;
as ,
the Nile ,
the Atlantic ,
the Great Eastern ,
the West Indies ,
The Hague .
The with an epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name ;
as ,
Alexander the Great ;
Napoleon the Third .
The may be employed to individualize a particular kind or species ;
as ,
the grasshopper shall be a burden . --
Eccl .
xii .
5 .
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The \
The \,
adv . [
AS . [
eth ][=
e ], [
eth ][=
y ],
instrumental case of s [=
e ],
se ['
o ], [
eth ][
ae ]
t ,
the definite article .
See 2d {
The }.]
By that ;
by how much ;
by so much ;
on that account ; --
used before comparatives ;
as ,
the longer we continue in sin ,
the more difficult it is to reform . "
Yet not the more cease I ."
--
Milton .
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So much the rather thou ,
Celestial Light ,
Shine inward ,
and the mind through all her powers Irradiate . --
Milton .
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