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you
     1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
     2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
     3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
     4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
           Both of you should get ready now.
           You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
     5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
     6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
     7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
           Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
     8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
           You idiot!
     9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
thought
     1. n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
     2. n. The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
     3. n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
           "Eastern thought".
     4. v. simple past tense and past participle of think
     think
          1. v. To ponder, to go over in one's head.
                Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
          2. v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
                I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
          3. v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
                I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
          4. v. To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
                At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.
                I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.
                I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
          5. v. To guess; to reckon.
                I think she’ll pass the examination.
          6. v. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
          7. v. To presume; to venture.
          8. n. (chiefly UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
                I'll have a think about that and let you know.
          9. v. (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
Cardinal
     1. n. (baseball) A player on the St. Louis Cardinals team.
           Smith became a Cardinal as the result of a pre-season trade.
     2. n. (American football) A player on the Arizona Cardinals team.
     3. n. A player on a sports team at Stanford University.
     4. n. A student or player on a sports team at the University of Louisville.
     5. adj. Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
           a cardinal rule
     6. adj. (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
           a cardinal mark
     7. adj. Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
     8. adj. Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).
     9. n. A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. (See Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.)
     10. n. (grammar) A word used to represent a cardinal number; a cardinal numeral.
     11. n. An official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)
     12. n. Any of a genus of songbirds of the finch family, Cardinalis.
     13. n. Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related.
     14. n. A shade of scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock.
           (color panel, C41E3A)
     15. n. (historical) A woman's short cloak with a hood.
     16. n. (obsolete) Mulled red wine.
     17. n. A freshwater fish, the cardinal tetra.
too
     1. adv. (focus) Likewise.
     2. adv. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
     3. adv. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
     4. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
           She doesn't talk too much.  I'm not too sure about this.
     5. adv. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.
           "You're not old enough yet."  "I am, too!".
profane
     1. adj. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
     2. adj. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
           profane authors
     3. adj. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
     4. adj. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain
           a profane person, word, oath, or tongue
     5. n. A person or thing that is profane.
     6. n. (freemasonry) A person not a Mason.
     7. v. To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
           One should not profane the name of God.
           to profane the Scriptures
     8. v. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
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