Definition of "you"

And Ioſeph ſaid vnto them, That is it that I ſpake vnto you, ſaying, Ye are ſpies.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 42:14, column 1

If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].

c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis XIX:

'Draw near, and wash you in the living flames, and take their virtue into your poor frames in all its virgin strength[.]'

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887

‘Pull you up a chair,’ she offered.

1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug

You'd better get you a gun and kill him before he kills you or somebody.

1975, Joseph Nazel, Death for Hire

I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.

c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII

Are you excited? ― Yes, I am excited! Audio (US)(file)

2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.

1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], page 208

You can't choose your family, your lovers are difficult and volatile, but, oh, you can choose your friends - so doesn't it make much more sense to live and holiday with them instead?

2001 May 5, Polly Vernon, The Guardian

'You genius!' I shouted in Aretta's ear. 'You absolute genius! Why didn't you tell us you were so good?'

2015, Judi Curtin, Only Eva, The O'Brien Press

Youing consists in relating everything in the conversation to the person you wish to flatter, and introducing the word “you” into your speech as often as possible.

1930, Barrington Hall, Modern Conversation, Brewer & Warren, page 239

Now even Princess Anne had dropped it. Sarah had heard her youing away on television the other night just like the inhabitants of her mother’s dominions beyond the seas.

1992, Barbara Anderson, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Victoria University Press, page 272

But even having my very own personal pronoun was risky, because it’s pretty tough to keep stopped-hope stopped up when you are getting all youed up, when someone you really like keeps promising you scary, fun, exciting stuff—and even tougher for the of that moment to remain securely devoid of hope, to make smart, self-denying decisions with Dad youing me—the long ooo of it broad and extended, like a hand.

2004, Ellen Miller, “Practicing”, in Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books

‘Eff. You. En,’ said Mr Banstead. ‘Fun! […]’

1969, Michael Feld, The Sabbatical Year, London: Alan Ross Ltd, page 301

It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."

2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170

‘S-S-C…sitting on a tree…eff-you-cee-kay-i-en-ji.’

2019, Anand Ranganathan, Chitra Subramaniam, The Rat Eater, Bloomsbury India