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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading U.S.A.

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From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

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From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

an administrative unit of government

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

someone who controls resources and expenditures

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

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From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

destroyed or killed

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

of or relating to the study of history

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

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From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading NORWOOD, MASS.

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

a form of address for a man

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

a midwestern state on the Great Plains

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

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From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

a treeless grassy plain

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.

a remark that calls attention to something or someone

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

systematic investigation to establish facts

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading U.S.A.

a large beer glass

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

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From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)

From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

an acknowledgment of appreciation

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading U.S.A.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

which person or people

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

belonging to which person

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading _Dedicated to the memory of those gentle pioneers who have gone on to their reward, but whose influence will long be felt in that State to which they came in a Prairie Schooner_ Thanks are due to Mr. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and The Nebraska State Historical Society, for aid in research work.