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thank

  [thangk]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
2. thank God, (used interjectionally to express relief, thankfulness, etc.) Also, thank goodness, thank heaven.
–noun
3. Usually, thanks. a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise: to return a borrowed book with thanks.
–interjection
4. thanks, (used as an informal expression of gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment).
—Idioms
5. have oneself to thank, to be personally to blame; have the responsibility: The citizens have only themselves to thank for corruption in government.
6. thanks to, because of; owing to: Thanks to good organization and hard work, the benefit concert was a great success.
7. thank you, (used interjectionally to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment, as for a gift, favor, service, or courtesy).
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME: favorable thought, goodwill, gratitude, (in sing. and pl.) expression of thanks; OE thanc (in sing.) expression of thanks, orig., thought, thoughtfulness; (v.) ME thanken, OE thancian (c. D, G danken); akin to think 1

Related forms:
thanker, noun
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thank   (thāngk)   
tr.v.   thanked, thank·ing, thanks
  1. To express gratitude to; give thanks to: He thanked her for the gift.
  2. To hold responsible; credit: We can thank the parade for this traffic jam.

[Middle English thanken, from Old English thancian; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]
thanks   (thāngks)   
pl.n.  
  1. Grateful feelings or thoughts; gratitude: a heart full of thanks for our escape.
  2. An expression of gratitude: gave thanks to God; a note of thanks to a contributor.
interj.  Used to express thanks.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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