used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
(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 Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
forsakest
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From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
GERONTUS
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From this reading GERONTUS.
halfpennynoun
an English coin worth half a penny
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
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 Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
lothadjectiveUS /lɑːθ/
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
MERCATORE
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From this reading MERCATORE.
used to form the superlative
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
pennynounUS /ˈpeni/
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
profferverbUS /ˈprɑːfər/
present for acceptance or rejection
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
ProtestingverbUS /prəˈtestɪŋ/
-ing form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
express in words
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
term of address for a man
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
carry out
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
tanknounUS /tæŋk/
an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
whereforeadverbUS /werˈfɔːr/
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Well, seeing it is so, I would be loth to hear the people say, it was 'long of me Thou forsakest thy faith: wherefore I forgive thee frank and free; Protesting before the judge and all the world never to demand penny nor halfpenny.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O sir Gerontus, me take a your proffer, and tank you most heartily.
