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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
The \The\, adv. [AS. [eb][c7], [eb][df], instrumental case of s[c7], se[a2], [eb][91]t, 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. [bd]Yet not the more cease I.[b8] --Milton. So much the rather thou, Celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
The \The\, v. i. See {Thee}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
The \The\ ([th][emac], when emphatic or alone; [th][esl], obscure before a vowel; [th][eit], obscure before a consonant; 37), definite article. [AS. [eb]e, a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. s[c7], formed under the influence of the oblique cases. See {That}, pron.] A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
English \Eng"lish\, n. 1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons. 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. Note: The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognized, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English. 3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See {Type}. Note: The type called English. 4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. {The} {King's, [or] Queen's}, {English}. See under {King}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
T.H.E The {operating system} in which {semaphores} were first used. [Details?] (1999-10-12)