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prithee, int. phr. arch.|ˈprɪðiː|
Forms: 6 preythe, pree-the(e, prethe, 6–7 pre-thee, 6–9 prythee, 7 pree thee, prethee, prethy, 8 pr'ythee, prithy, pri'thee, 8– prithee.
Archaic colloquialism for ‘(I) pray thee’. (Cf. pray v. 8 b.)
[c1522Inscription in Almondbury & Huddersf. Gloss. p. xxv, Quarfor pray the thy Sweryng lay by.] 1577G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 57 But preythe see where Withipolls cum. a1591H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 481 Oh deign, I prythee, then, with speed, To help thy servant now at need. 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. iii. Wks. 1856 I. 30 Pree the observe the custome of the world. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 171 Pre-thee no more: thou dost talke nothing to me. 1689Trial Pritchard v. Papillon 6 Nov. 4 L. Ch. Just. Ay, prethy tell us. 1711Addison Spect. No. 131 ⁋9 Pr'ythee don't send us up any more Stories of a Cock and a Bull. 1728T. Sheridan Persius i. (1739) 15 Prithy tell me the Truth. 1807Crabbe Parish Reg. iii. 780, I hunger, fellow; prithee give me food! 1831Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. xiv. 319 Come, I prythee! come again! 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 214 Prithee, friend, be obliging and exhibit your wisdom. |