You, pron.

(yū), pron. [possess. YOUR, or YOURS; obj. YOU.] [A-S. eow, dat., eowic, eóv, acc., O. Eng. guw, you, L. Ger. jüch, ju, jük, O. Sax. iu, eu, giu, O. Fries. iu, io, D. u, O. H. Ger. iu, iuh, iuwih, iuwih, wuch, auch, inch, M. H. Ger. inch, iuwich, iu, N. H. Ger. euch, Icel. yðr, O. Sw. iðhr, Sw. & Dan. éder, Goth. izvis. You was originally only dative and accusative. Cf. YE.] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative or objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed.

I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.

In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior.

You is properly the plural of the second personal pronoun, but is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet always properly combined with a plural verb. “Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired?” Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely instead of one, any, a, and the like. “This looks at a distance like new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.” Addison. “Your medallist and your critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.” Addison. Of the two forms of the possessive, your and yours, the first is used when attributive and followed by the noun to which it belongs; as, your hand, your book; the second when attributive, but having the noun understood; as, my hand and yours; and also when predicative; as, this hat is yours.