She loved her children best in every wise.
--Chaucer.
Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen.
xviii. 15.
2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak.
Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender,
for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as,
a she-bear; a she-cat.
With rising gales that speed their happy flight.
--Dryden.
2. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to
drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
He sped him thence home to his habitation.
--Fairfax.
3. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
Judicial acts . . . are sped in open court at the
instance of one or both of the parties. --Ayliffe.
4. To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to
undo. ``Sped with spavins.'' --Shak.
A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped. If foes, they
write, if friends, they read, me dead. --Pope.
5. To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking,
especially in setting out upon a journey.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. --Pope.
{God speed you}, {them}, etc., may God speed you; or, may you
have good speed.
Syn: To dispatch; hasten; expedite; accelerate; hurry.
Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
--Matt. xxv.
9.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father. --Matt. xxv.
34.
Note: Them is poetically used for themselves, as him for
himself, etc.
Little stars may hide them when they list.
--Shak.
Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
rule over thee. --Gen. iii.
16.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
serve. --Deut. x. 20.
2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
usually followed by a relative pronoun.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
xiii. 20.
3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
substantively. --Chaucer.
I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of
thy sort. --Shak.
Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
of common gender. In early English, he referred to a
feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
well as to noun in the masculine singular. In
composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.