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In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found…

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  1. In Old word/english">English, the word/article">article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
  2. n. the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
  3. n. a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
  4. In Old word/english">English, the word/article">article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
  5. In Old word/english">English, the word/article">article the, when the following word beganwith a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of theword. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend,thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, theend, etc.
  6. n the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day n a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands