2000
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
APPERTAINverb
be a part or attribute of
From this reading [Headnote: DIGNITIES APPERTAIN TO VIRTUE.]
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
auȝten
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From this reading ¶ And ȝit men auȝten take more hede in þis.
beaute
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
bestowverbUS /bɪˈstoʊ/
present
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
clerly
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
conferredverbUS /kənˈfɜːrd/
inflected form of “confer” — have a conference in order to talk something over
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
conspicuousadjectiveUS /kənˈspɪkjuːəs/
obvious to the eye or mind
From this reading [Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon shrews only make their vices the more conspicuous.]
digne
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
dignite
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
DIGNITIES
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From this reading [Headnote: DIGNITIES APPERTAIN TO VIRTUE.]
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
hannounUS /hɑːn/
imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
Headnote
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From this reading [Headnote: DIGNITIES APPERTAIN TO VIRTUE.]
hede
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From this reading ¶ And ȝit men auȝten take more hede in þis.
hono
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
Honoursnoun
a university degree with honors
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ¶ And ȝit men auȝten take more hede in þis.
intrinsicadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk/
belonging to a thing by its very nature
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
engage in
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
maken
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
the force of workers available
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
meritnounUS /ˈmerət/
any admirable quality or attribute
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
moche
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading ¶ And ȝit men auȝten take more hede in þis.
nat
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
nenounUS /niː/
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
not any; not one
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
and nothing more
From this reading [Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon shrews only make their vices the more conspicuous.]
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
poeple
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
populacenounUS /ˈpɑːpjələs/
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
pre
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
ronounUS /roʊ/
an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
seyn
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
shrews
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From this reading [Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon shrews only make their vices the more conspicuous.]
Sidenote
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From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
carry out
From this reading ¶ And ȝit men auȝten take more hede in þis.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading [Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon shrews only make their vices the more conspicuous.]
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Headnote: DIGNITIES APPERTAIN TO VIRTUE.]
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading [Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon shrews only make their vices the more conspicuous.]
urnounUS /ɜːr/
an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
vicesnounUS /ˈvaɪsəz/
plural of “vice” — moral weakness
From this reading [Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon shrews only make their vices the more conspicuous.]
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading [Headnote: DIGNITIES APPERTAIN TO VIRTUE.]
wel
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading [Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow.]
þat
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
þei
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From this reading ¶ And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly þat 2000 þei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite.
þis
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From this reading ¶ And ȝit men auȝten take more hede in þis.
ȝit
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From this reading ¶ And ȝit men auȝten take more hede in þis.
