accursedadjectiveUS /ˌæˈkɜːrst/
under a curse
From this reading Thou murderer! accursed homicide!
Ah
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From this reading Ah, perjur'd and inhumane Soliman!
(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 For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
beginsnounUS /bɪˈɡɪnz/
plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
combatnounUS /ˈkɑːmbæt/
an engagement fought between two military forces
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
to come or go into
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
Erastus
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From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
an old word for “before”
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
fiendsnounUS /fiːndz/
plural of “fiend” — a cruel wicked and inhuman person
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
gapes
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From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
heart'snounUS /hɑːrts/
possessive form of “heart” — the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
homicidenounUS /ˈhɑːməsaɪd/
the killing of a human being by another human being
From this reading Thou murderer! accursed homicide!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
I'll
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From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
inhumaneadjectiveUS /ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/
lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
From this reading Ah, perjur'd and inhumane Soliman!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
jawsnounUS /dʒɔːz/
plural of “jaw” — the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
likingnounUS /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
murderernounUS /ˈmɜːrdərər/
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading Thou murderer! accursed homicide!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
overmatch
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From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
perjur'd
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From this reading Ah, perjur'd and inhumane Soliman!
Perseda
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From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
precisely, exactly
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
Soliman
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From this reading Ah, perjur'd and inhumane Soliman!
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
tyrantnounUS /ˈtaɪrənt/
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
displeasing to the senses
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
the act of using
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For whom hell gapes, and all the ugly fiends Do wait for to receive thee in their jaws!
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading But ere I come to enter single fight, First let my tongue utter my heart's despite; And thus my tale begins: Thou wicked tyrant!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
yieldverbUS /jiːld/
be the cause or source of
From this reading And in Erastus' name I'll combat thee; And here I promise thee on my Christian faith, Then will I yield Perseda to thy hands, That, if thy strength shall overmatch my right, To use as to thy liking it shall seem best.
