verb
- past tense of ‘thou’; addressed someone using the informal pronoun ‘thou’
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The nobleman thoued the peasant, showing his superior social status.
- In Shakespeare’s time, people thoued their close friends and family.
- She thoued him in anger, dropping all pretense of formal respect.
- The Quakers thoued everyone, regardless of social rank.
- He felt insulted when the stranger thoued him in public.