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Webster 1913 Edition
Thus
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Thus
,Noun.
The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
Thus
(thus)
, adv.
1.
In this or that manner; on this wise.
Thus
did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Gen. vi. 22.
Thus
God the heaven created, thus
the earth. Milton.
2.
To this degree or extent; so far; so;
as,
. thus
wise; thus
peaceble; thus
boldShak.
Thus
far extend, thus
far thy bounds. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thus
THUS
,adv.
Thus did Noah, according to all that God commanded him. Gen.6.
1.
To this degree or extent; as thus wise; thus peaceable. Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds--
2.
In the phrase, thus much, it seems to be an adjective, equivalent to this much.Definition 2024
thus
thus
See also: þus
English
Adverb
thus (not comparable)
- (manner) In this way or manner.
- If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
- (conjunctive) As a result.
- I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.
- 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, and that in several cases these bacteria were dividing and thus, by the perverse arithmetic of biological terminology, multiplying.
Synonyms
- (as a result): as a result, as such, consequently, hence, so, therefore
- (in this way): as such, like so, like this, so, this way, thusly
Translations
in this way or manner
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Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See thuris
Noun
thus (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of thuris
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”), from θύω (thúō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰuːs/
Noun
thūs n (genitive thūris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | thūs | thūra |
| genitive | thūris | thūrum |
| dative | thūrī | thūribus |
| accusative | thūs | thūra |
| ablative | thūre | thūribus |
| vocative | thūs | thūra |
See also
References
- thus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- thus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- THUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “thus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.