5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Personal \Per"son*al\ (p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. [1913 Webster] The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. "Personal communication." --Fabyan. [1913 Webster] The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. [1913 Webster] 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. [1913 Webster] 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. [1913 Webster] {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} or {Personal property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to {real estate} or {real property}. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: thou \thou\ ([th]ou), pron. [Sing.: nom. {Thou}; poss. {Thy} ([th][imac]) or {Thine} ([th][imac]n); obj. {Thee} ([th][=e]). Pl.: nom. {You} (y[=oo]); poss. {Your} (y[=oo]r) or {Yours} (y[=oo]rz); obj. {You}.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185. Cf. {Thee}, {Thine}, {Te Deum}.] The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. [1913 Webster] Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi. 3. [1913 Webster] Note: "In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty." --Skeat. [1913 Webster] Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thou \Thou\, v. t. To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt. [1913 Webster] If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thou \Thou\, v. i. To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. [R.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thou n : the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: {thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {M}, {K}, {chiliad}, {G}, {grand}, {yard}]
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