This
This (tis) , pronoun and adjective
[Old English this, thes, Anglo-Saxon eēs, masc., eeós, fem., eis, neut.; akin to Old Saxon these, Dutch deze, German dieser, Old High German diser, deser, Icelandic þessi; originally from the definite article + a particle -se, -si; compare Gothic sai behold. See The, That, and compare These, Those.]
1.
As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.
When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched.
2.
As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
This way and that wavering sails they bend.
A body of this or that denomination is produced.
Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow.
Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him.
Thy crimes... soon by this or this will end.
This twenty years have I been with thee..
I have not wept this years; but now
My mother comes afresh into my eyes.
This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under That, 1.
This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole.