Definitions
To express gratitude or appreciation.
Word origin
From Middle English thanken, thankien (“to express gratitude, give thanks; to congratulate, rejoice with, or wish joy to; to extol, praise; to hold responsible for”), from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank”), from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”), from *þankaz (see etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming infinitives of verbs from nouns).
Used in a sentence
“If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.”
“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?”
“She thanked him for the lift.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Show appreciation”5 letters
02“Express gratitude”5 letters
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