Thing - THING, n. [The primary sense of thing is that which comes, falls or happens, like event, from L. evenio.]
1. An event or action; that which happens or falls out, or that which is done, told or proposed. This is the general signification of the word in the Scriptures; as after these things, that is, events.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Gen 21.
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, the thing proceedeth from the Lord. Gen 24.
And Jacob said, all these things are against me. Gen 42.
I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Mat 21.
These things said Esaias when he saw his glory. John 12.
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2. Any substance; that which is created; any particular article or commodity.
He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt-- Gen 42.
They took the things which Micah had made. Judg 18.
3. An animal; as every living thing; every creeping thing. Gen 1.
[This application of the word is improper, but common in popular and vulgar language.]
4. A portion or part; something.
Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom--
5. In contempt.
I have a thing in prose.
6. Used of persons in contempt.
See, sons, what things you are,
The poor thing sigh'd.
I'll be this abject thing no more.
7. Used in a sense of honor.
I see thee here,
Thou noble thing!
Think - THINK, v.i. pret. and pp. thought, pron. thaut. [L. duco.]
1. To have the mind occupied on some subject; to have ideas, or to revolve ideas in the mind.
--For that I am
I know, because I think.
These are not matters to be slightly thought on.
2. To judge; to conclude; to hold as a settled opinion. I think it will rain tomorrow. I think it not best to proceed on our journey.
Let them marry to whom they think best. Num 36.
3. To intend.
Thou thought'st to help me.
I thought to promote thee to great honor. Num 24.
4. To imagine; to suppose; to fancy.
Edmund, I think, is gone
In pity of his misery, to dispatch
His 'nighted life.
Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 1 Cor 10.
5. To muse; to meditate.
While Peter thought on the vision--Acts 10.
Think much, speak little.
6. To reflect; to recollect or call to mind.
And when Peter thought thereon, he wept. Mark 14.
7. To consider; to deliberate. Think how this thing could happen.
He thought within himself, saying, what shall I do?
Luke 12.
8. To presume.
Think not to say within yourselves,we have Abraham to our father-- Mat 3.
9. To believe; to esteem.
To think on or upon, to muse on; to meditate on.
If there by any virtue,and if there by any praise, think on these things. Phil 4.
1. To light on by meditation. He has just thought on an expedient that will answer the purpose.
2. To remember with favor.
Think upon me, my God, for good. Neh 5.
To think of, to have ideas come into the mind. He thought of what you told him. I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem.
THINK, v.t. To conceive; to imagine.
Charity--thinketh no evil. 1 Cor 13.
1. To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Nor think superfluous others' aid.
2. To seem or appear, as in the phrases, me thinketh or methinks, and methought. These are genuine Saxon phrases, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions, me is actually in the dative case; almost the only instance remaining in the language. Sax "genoh thuht," satis visum est, it appeared enough or sufficient; "me thineth," mihi videtur, it seems to me; I perceive.
To think much, to grudge.
He thought not much to clothe his enemies.
To think much of, to hold in high esteem.
To think scorn, to disdain. Est 3.
Thirsty - THIRST'Y, a. [from thirst.] Feeling a painful sensation of the throat or fauces for want of drink.
Give me a little water, for I am thirsty. Judg 4.
I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. Mat 25.
1. Very dry; having no moisture; parched.
The thirsty land shall become springs of water. Isa 35.
2. Having a vehement desire of any thing; as in blood-thirsty. Isa 44:65.
Thirsty - THIRST'Y, a. [from thirst.] Feeling a painful sensation of the throat or fauces for want of drink.
Give me a little water, for I am thirsty. Judg 4.
I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. Mat 25.
1. Very dry; having no moisture; parched.
The thirsty land shall become springs of water. Isa 35.
2. Having a vehement desire of any thing; as in blood-thirsty. Isa 44:65.
This - THIS, definitive adjective or substitute. plu. these.
1. This is a definitive, or definitive adjective, denoting something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned. Is this your younger brother? What trespass is this which ye have committed?
Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? John 9.
When they heard this, they were pricked to the heart. Acts 2.
In the latter passage, this is a substitute for what had preceded, vix. the discourse of Peter just delivered. In like manner, this often represents a word, a sentence or clause, or a series of sentences of events.
In some cases, it refers to what is future, or to be immediately related.
But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Mat 24.
Here this refers to the whole subsequent member of the sentence.
2. By this, is used elliptically for by this time; as, by this the mail has arrived.
3. This is used with words denoting time past; as, I have taken no snuff for this month; and often with plural words. I have not wept this forty years.
In this case, this, in the singular, refers to the whole term of time, or period; this period of forty years.
4. This is opposed to that.
This way and that the wav'ring sails they bend.
A body of this or that denomination is produced.
This and that, in this use, denote difference indefinitely.
5. When this and that refer to different things before expressed, this refers to the thing last mentioned, and that to the thing first mentioned. [See These.]
Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow.
6. It is sometimes opposed to other.
Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him.