used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
(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 No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
Alla
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From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
assembledverbUS /əˈsembəld/
past form of “assemble” — create by putting components or members together
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
BrahminnounUS /ˈbrɑːmɪn/
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
brethrennounUS /ˈbreðrən/
(plural) the lay members of a male religious order
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
determinationnounUS /dɪˌtɜːrməˈneɪʃən/
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
fiendnounUS /fiːnd/
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
Ghuffoor
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From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
a young female
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
only a very short time before
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
ill-suppressed
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From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
impelledadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpeld/
urged or forced to action through moral pressure
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
a feeling of righteous anger
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
Karinjah
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From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
KhannounUS /kɑːn/
a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
set down according to a plan
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
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 No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
Motee
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
overtakingnounUS /ˈoʊvərteɪkɪŋ/
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
PeernounUS /pɪr/
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
a human being
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
Pindharees
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
To recall to mind.
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
retributiveadjective
of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
revolvingverbUS /riˈvɑːlvɪŋ/
-ing form of “revolve” — turn on or around an axis or a center
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
ThugsnounUS /θʌɡz/
plural of “thug” — an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading No sooner had I reached the camp than I assembled all my Thugs, and laid before them a scheme I had long been revolving in my mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From that hour I made a determination to destroy him.
unfitadjectiveUS /ənˈfɪt/
below the required standards for a purpose
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
urgeverbUS /ɜːrdʒ/
force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You, Motee and Peer Khan, remember the fate of the Brahmin girl at Karinjah; you may remember my ill-suppressed indignation, which then almost impelled me to destroy this fiend; and I would have done it, but that I felt his fate was not in my hands.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I spoke to them as follows: "You have seen, my brethren, that Ghuffoor Khan is a devil; such a person can hardly be called a man: bad as these Pindharees are, he is the worst among them, and is unfit to live.
