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Thank v. t. (past & past part. thanked; pres. part. thanking) To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; used also ironically for blame. ""Graunt mercy, lord, that thank I you," quod she." "I thank thee for thine honest care." "Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss, And thank yourself if aught should fall amiss."

noun

thank n. (pl. thanks) A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; now generally used in the plural. "This ceremonial thanks." "If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same." "What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?" "Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught."

His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. (Obs.) "Full sooth is said that love ne lordship, Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship."

In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. (Obs.)

Thank offering, an offering made as an expression of thanks.

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"Thank" Quotes from Famous Books

... world to do—and I've just been thinking how perfectly horrid I was to you last winter—the things I said and wrote to you—and how I treated you when you were trying to save me from an awful fate! I'm so ashamed, and so thankful! It all came over me to-night what I owed you, and I can't ever thank you. Can you forgive me for the horrid way I acted, and for passing you on the street that Sunday without speaking to you—I'm so ashamed! Will ...

— Lo, Michael! • Grace Livingston Hill

... complete my tour of investigation. I must attend to business. I must look the entire island over and be ready to leave when that man comes back for me. Young gentlemen, I thank you for your hospitality. I wish I might stop longer, but, unfortunately, I cannot. So long, so ling, ...

— Frank Merriwell's Cruise • Burt L. Standish

... (Thank you, sir.) And that was all. Jurgis turned away, and then in a sudden rush the full realization of his triumph swept over him, and he gave a yell and a jump, and started off on a run. He had a job! He had a job! And he went all the way home as if upon wings, and burst into ...

— The Jungle • Upton Sinclair

... I never knew a flatter companion than yourself," said Tom of Finsbury, the other evening, to the lion of Lambeth. "Thank you, Tom," replied the latter; "but all the world knows that you're a flatter-er." Tom, in nautical phrase, swore, if he ever came athwart his Hawes, that he would return ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, September 12, 1841 • Various

... the Commission booklet, received and I want to thank you for remembering me. The visit of the Industrial Commission was a most delightful surprise to me here in the midst of my ruins and it is very nice to have a souvenir—especially such a nice souvenir, with ...

— A Journey Through France in War Time • Joseph G. Butler, Jr.

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