The"co*dont, n. (Paleon.) One of the Thecodontia.
||The`co*don"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) A group of fossil
||saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.
||
||The*coph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; a case + &?; to bear.]
||(Zoöl.) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the
||hydranths in thecæ and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians
||and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under
||Hydroidea.
||
||The`co*so"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Theca, and Soma.] (Zoöl.) An
||order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See
||Pteropoda. — The`co*so"ma*tous (#), a.
||
The"dom (?), n. [Thee to prosper + -dom.] Success; fortune; luck;
chance. [Obs.]
Evil thedom on his monk's snout.
Chaucer.
Thee (?), v. i. [AS. &?;eón; akin to OS. thhan, D. gedijen, G.
gedeihen, OHG. gidihan, Goth. &?;eihan, Lith. tekti to fall to the lot
of. Cf. Tight, a.] To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] "He shall never thee."
Chaucer.
Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought.
Spenser.
Thee (?), pron. [AS. ð, acc. & dat. of ð thou. See Thou.] The objective
case of thou. See Thou.
Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for himself, etc.
This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee, Unless thou yield thee as
my prisoner.
Shak.
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Theft (?), n. [OE. thefte, AS. þiéfðe, þfðe, þeófðe. See Thief.] 1.
(Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and
removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful
owner of the same; larceny.
To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent,
and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen
must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it
must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief.
See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery.