Thaw, v. t. To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt,
soften, or dissolve.
Thaw, n. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the
resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction
by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather
sufficient to melt that which is congealed. Dryden.
Thaw"y (?), a. Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing;
melting.
The (?), v. i. See Thee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton.
The (, when emphatic or alone; , obscure before a vowel; e, obscure
before a consonant; 37), definite article. [AS. ðe, a later form for
earlier nom. sing. masc. s, formed under the influence of the oblique
cases. See That, pron.] A word placed before nouns to limit or
individualize their meaning.
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.
The, adv. [AS. ð, ð, instrumental case of s, seó, ðæt, 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.
So much the rather thou, Celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind
through all her powers Irradiate.
Milton.
||The"a (?), n. [NL. See Tea.] (Bot.) A genus of plants found in China
||and Japan; the tea plant.
||
It is now commonly referred to the genus Camellia.
The*an"dric (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; god + &?;, &?;, a man.] Relating to,
or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or
the joint agency of the divine and human nature. Murdock.
{ The`an*throp"ic (?), The`an*throp"ic*al (?), } a. Partaking of, or
combining, both divinity and humanity. [R.]
The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] theanthropic sytem.
Gladstone.
The*an"thro*pism (?), n. [Gr. &?; god + &?; man.] 1. A state of being
God and man. [R.] Coleridge.
2. The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic
deity; anthropomorphism. Gladstone.
The*an"thro*pist (?), n. One who advocates, or believes in,
theanthropism.
The*an"thro*py (?), n. Theanthropism.
The*ar"chic (?), a. [Gr. &?;. See Thearchy.] Divinely sovereign or
supreme. [R.]
He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence.
Milman.
The"ar*chy (?), n. [Gr. &?; god + - archy: cf. Gr. &?; the supreme
deity.] Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
{ The"a*ter, The"a*tre } (?), n. [F. théâtre, L. theatrum, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; to see, view; cf. Skr. dhy to meditate, think. Cf. Theory.] 1. An
edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for
the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but
in modern times roofed.
2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an
assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical
demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.
3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place
rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. Burns.
Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view.
Milton.