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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Me \Me\ (m[-e]), pronoun One. See {Men}, pronoun [Obs.] --Chaucer. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Me \Me\ (m[=e]), pers. pronoun [AS. m[=e], dat. & acc., mec, acc. only; akin to D. mij, G. mich, Icel. & Goth. mik, L. me, Gr. me', 'eme', Skr. m[=a], m[=a]m. [root]187. Cf. 2d {Mine}.] The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum I; as, he struck me; he gave me the money, or he gave the money to me; he got me a hat, or he got a hat for me. Note: In methinks, me is properly in the dative case, and the verb is impersonal, the construction being, it appears to me. In early use me was often placed before forms of the verb to be with an adjective; as, me were lief. Me rather had my heart might frrl your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy. --Shak. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a state in New England [syn: {Maine}, {Pine Tree State}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 34 Moby Thesaurus words for "me": I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, him, himself, inner man, inner self, it, my humble self, myself, number one, oneself, other self, ourselves, self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self, superego, them, themselves, they, you, yours truly, yourself, yourselves
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ME, pro. The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the objectionable and the oppressive. Each is all three.
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