Definitions for: You

Webster (1913) Definition: You ([=u]), pron. [Possess. Your ([=u]r) or Yours
([=u]rz); dat. & obj. You.] [OE. you, eou, eow, dat. &
acc., AS. e['o]w, used as dat. & acc. of ge, g[=e], ye; akin
to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc.,
Icel. y[eth]r, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin.
[root]189. Cf. Your.]
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative,
and objective case, indicating the person or persons
addressed. See the Note under Ye.

Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. --Chaucer.

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this
place. --Shak.

In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds
may waft him over. --Prior.

Note: Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary
discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet
properly always with a plural verb. ``Are you he that
hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so
admired ?'' --Shak. You and your are sometimes used
indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons
not specified. ``The looks at a distance like a
new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see
nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.''
--Addison. ``Your medalist and critic are much nearer
related than the world imagine.'' --Addison. ``It is
always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do,
but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt.''
--Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of
yourselves. ``Your highness shall repose you at the
tower.'' --Shak.

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