1. past tense of ‘thou’; addressed someone using the informal pronoun ‘thou’
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The nobleman thoued the peasant, showing his superior social status.
• In Shakespeare’s time, people thoued their close friends and family.
• She thoued him in anger, dropping all pretense of formal respect.
• The Quakers thoued everyone, regardless of social rank.
• He felt insulted when the stranger thoued him in public.