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thank(2) (iou)



thank verb.
[Old English Tancian = Old Saxon Tankon, Old High German dankon (Dutch, German danken), from Germanic base of THANK noun.]
verb intrans. Give thanks (to). OE-M16.
verb trans. (orig. with dat. obj.). Give thanks to; express gratitude or acknowledgement to. (Foll. by for, of.) OE.
E. Hall The Frenche kyng..thanked the kyng of Englande of his kynde offre. A. Gilbert Miss Alice wouldn't thank you for tying her into a chair. G. Battiscombe Christina wrote thanking him for..a Christmas present. Which? We'd like to thank all those who helped us.
verb trans. Return thanks or express one's gratitude for (something). Now arch. rare. LME.
Byron Charles forgot To thank his tale.
verb trans. Give the thanks or credit for something to (a person); hold (a person etc.) responsible for something; (freq. iron.) blame. LME.
D. L. Sayers [She] has only herself to thank..she's asking for trouble.
Phrases: God be thanked arch. = thank God (a) below. I will thank you to do, we will thank you to do, etc.: expr. a command or reproach. thank God, thank goodness, thank heaven(s), etc. (a) expr. pious gratitude; (b) colloq. expr. relief or pleasure. thank one's lucky stars, thank one's stars: see STAR noun1 & adjective. thank you: a polite formula acknowledging a gift, favour, or service, or an offer accepted or refused; also used to emphasize a preceding statement, esp. one implying refusal or denial.
thanker noun L16.
thanking verbal noun (arch.) the action of the verb; an instance of this: OE.