used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
assiduitynoun
great and constant diligence and attention
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
assignverbUS /əˈsaɪn/
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
BoarnounUS /bɔːr/
Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
Boar's
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From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
cultivatedadjectiveUS /ˈkʌltəveɪtɪd/
(of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
demeanournounUS /dɪˈmiːnər/
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
to an extreme degree
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
expectationsnounUS /ˌekspekˈteɪʃənz/
plural of “expectation” — belief about (or mental picture of) the future
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
fatiguedadjectiveUS /fəˈtiːɡd/
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
fortunesnounUS /ˈfɔːrtʃənz/
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
set up or found
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
the act of departing
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
indifferentadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈdɪfrənt/
marked by a lack of interest
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
many times at short intervals
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
and nothing more
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
pigeonsnounUS /ˈpɪdʒənz/
plural of “pigeon” — wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
the act of having and controlling property
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
post-chaises
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar’s demeanour.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
tidingsnounUS /ˈtaɪdɪŋz/
information about recent and important events
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
usualadjectiveUS /ˈjuːʒəwəl/
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
precisely as stated
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
at the time that
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
WhereasconjunctionUS /weˈræz/
in contrast with the fact that
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
which person or people
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whereas the Boar had cultivated my good opinion with warm assiduity when I was coming into property, the Boar was exceedingly cool on the subject now that I was going out of property.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading The Boar could not put me into my usual bedroom, which was engaged (probably by some one who had expectations), and could only assign me a very indifferent chamber among the pigeons and post-chaises up the yard.
