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The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.

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form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself. Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. Chaucer. If yourselves are old, make it your cause. Shak. W…

An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. Shak.

bs.] That he might . . . abandon them from him. Udall. Being all this time abandoned from your bed. Shak.

Forsaken, deserted. "Your abandoned streams." Thomson.

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding.

. 45. To be abroad. (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess. (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.

out notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.

penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt. In his name I absolve your perjury. Gibbon.

To dishonor. "Shall flight abuse your name" Shak.

A word; a significant tone; (pl.) expressions in general; speech. Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear. Dryden.

To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand high in your account." Shak.

To subdue; to tame; to daunt. [Obs.] Then is your careless courage accoyed. Spenser.

pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. "My old bones ache." Shak. The sins that in your conscience ache. Keble.

To quiet. [Obs.] Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley.

or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor.

it for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.

addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. "I will add to your yoke." 1 Kings xii. 14.