The*cas"po*rous (?), a. (Bot.) Having the spores in thecæ, or cases.
||The*ca"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; a case.] (Zoöl.) Same as ||Thecophora. || Thec"la (?), n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; — called also hairstreak, and elfin.
The`co*dac"tyl (?), n. [&?; case + &?; finger.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
The"co*dont (?), a. [Gr. &?; a case + &?;, &?;, a tooth.] 1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
The"co*dont, n. (Paleon.) One of the Thecodontia.
||The`co*don"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) A group of fossil ||saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets. || ||The*coph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; a case + &?; to bear.] ||(Zoöl.) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the ||hydranths in thecæ and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians ||and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under ||Hydroidea. || ||The`co*so"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Theca, and Soma.] (Zoöl.) An ||order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See ||Pteropoda. — The`co*so"ma*tous (#), a. || The"dom (?), n. [Thee to prosper + -dom.] Success; fortune; luck; chance. [Obs.]
Thee (?), v. i. [AS. &?;eón; akin to OS. thhan, D. gedijen, G. gedeihen, OHG. gidihan, Goth. &?;eihan, Lith. tekti to fall to the lot of. Cf. Tight, a.] To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] "He shall never thee." Chaucer.
Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought.
Thee (?), pron. [AS. ð, acc. & dat. of ð thou. See Thou.] The objective case of thou. See Thou.
Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for himself, etc.
This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee, Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner.
Theft (?), n. [OE. thefte, AS. þiéfðe, þfðe, þeófðe. See Thief.] 1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery.