Ye (yā), adv. [See Yea.]
Yea; yes. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ye (yē), pron.
[OE. ye, &yogh;e, nom. pl., AS. ge, gī; cf. OS. ge, gī, OFries. gī,
ī, D. gij, Dan.
& Sw. i, Icel. ēr, OHG. ir, G. ihr, Goth. jus, Lith. jus, Gr. "ymei^s, Skr. yuyam. √189.]
The plural of
the pronoun of the second
person in the nominative case.
Ye ben to me right welcome heartily.
Chaucer.
But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified.
1 Cor. vi. 11. This would cost you your
life in case ye were a man.
Udall. &fist; In Old English ye was used only as a nominative, and you only as
a dative or
objective. In the 16th century, however, ye and you became confused and were often used interchangeably,
both as nominatives and objectives, and you has now
superseded ye except in solemn or
poetic use. See You, and also the
first Note under Thou.
Vain pomp and glory of
this world, I hate ye.
Shak. I come, kind
gentlemen, strange news to tell ye.
Dryden.
Hear it pronounced