thank

n.; pl. thanks [ AS. þanc, þonc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. þökk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. þagks thanks; -- originally, a thought, a thinking. See Think. ] A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural. “This ceremonial thanks.” Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. Luke vi. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

His thanks,
Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,
Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] --
In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. [ Obs. ] --
Thank offering, an offering made as an expression of thanks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. þancfull. ] 1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass
That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well
That washes what it shows. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Ps. c. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Thank"ful*ly, adv. -- Thank"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. [ 1913 Webster ]

That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Thank"less*ly adv. -- Thank"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Thankfully. [ Obs. ] Sylvester (Du Bartas). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [ Obs. or R. ] Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And taught by thee the Church prolongs
Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States it is now customary for the President by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being thankworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]