used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
Agatha
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From this reading Agatha gathered with difficulty that her husband wished her to return with Mr. Dugdale.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
the first light of day
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
deliververbUS /dɪˈlɪvər/
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading Agatha gathered with difficulty that her husband wished her to return with Mr. Dugdale.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
Dugdale
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From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
Eulalie
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From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
brought together in one place
From this reading Agatha gathered with difficulty that her husband wished her to return with Mr. Dugdale.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I will not go.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
HarpernounUS /ˈhɑːrpər/
someone who plays the harp
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Agatha gathered with difficulty that her husband wished her to return with Mr. Dugdale.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I will not go.”
not in action or at work
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
Kingcombe
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From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
Nathanael
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From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
the middle of the day
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Agatha gathered with difficulty that her husband wished her to return with Mr. Dugdale.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “That's right!
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
That's
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From this reading “That's right!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
in or at that place or location
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
(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 Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
Weymouth
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From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
whitenedadjective
(of hair) having lost its color
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I will not go.”
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading Agatha gathered with difficulty that her husband wished her to return with Mr. Dugdale.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
wondrousadjectiveUS /ˈwʌndrəs/
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading At noon--which seemed to come slowly, every hour a day--Mr. Dugdale appeared with a message, which by some wondrous good fortune he remembered to deliver--that Nathanael had returned from Weymouth to Kingcombe, and was waiting there.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mr. Harper did not ride home by midnight, as his wife was well assured he would not do, though with some idle hope put into her mind by Eulalie, she sat at the window until the stars whitened in the dawn.
