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From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
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From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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being joined in close association
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
author'snounUS /ˈɔːθərz/
possessive form of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
past form of “compare” — examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
containsverbUS /kənˈteɪnz/
third-person singular of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
Dyce's
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a person who is older than you are
From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
Fletcher's
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From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
IIInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading In III.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
initialsnounUS /ˌɪˈnɪʃəlz/
plural of “initial” — the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
MSnounUS /mɪz/
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
others
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From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading One piece has the author's initials attached, but the others have neither name nor initials.
playsnounUS /pleɪz/
plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading First in order, leaves 1-29, stands Fletcher's _Elder Brother_.
textnounUS /tekst/
the words of something written
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
unimportantadjectiveUS /ənɪmˈpɔːrtənt/
not important
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
variationsnounUS /ˌveriˈeɪʃənz/
plural of “variation” — an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have compared the MS. with Dyce's text, and find the variations to be few and unimportant.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading The volume contains in all fifteen plays, written in various hands.
