the \the\ th=e, v. i.
   see thee. obs. --chaucer. --milton.
   1913 webster
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thee 

the \the\ th=e, when emphatic or alone; th-e, obscure
   before a vowel; the, obscure before a consonant; 37,
   definite article. as. eth=e, a later form for earlier
   nom. sing. masc. s=e, formed under the influence of the
   oblique cases. see that, pron.
   a word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their
   meaning.
   1913 webster

   note: the was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a
         weakened form of that. when placed before adjectives
         and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns;
         as, the sublime and the beautiful. --burke. the is used
         regularly before many proper names, as of rivers,
         oceans, ships, etc.; as, the nile, the atlantic, the
         great eastern, the west indies, the hague. the with an
         epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name;
         as, alexander the great; napoleon the third. the may be
         employed to individualize a particular kind or species;
         as, the grasshopper shall be a burden. --eccl. xii. 5.
         1913 webster
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that 

the \the\, adv. as. eth=e, eth=y, instrumental case of
   s=e, se'o, ethaet, the definite article. see 2d
   the.
   by that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used
   before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the
   more difficult it is to reform. "yet not the more cease i."
   --milton.
   1913 webster

         so much the rather thou, celestial light,
         shine inward, and the mind through all her powers
         irradiate.                               --milton.
   1913 webster
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the 

the
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the
     technische hoogeschool eindhoven os, "t.h.e."
     
     

t.h.e
     
         the operating system in which
        semaphores were first used.
     
        details?
     
        1999-10-12
     
     
see also:
operating system semaphores