42nd
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From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
AgedadjectiveUS /eɪdʒd/
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
aimverbUS /eɪm/
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
brought into existence
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
brittleadjectiveUS /ˈbrɪtəl/
having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
CampbellnounUS /ˈkæmbəl/
United States mythologist (1904-1987)
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
CarmichaelnounUS /ˈkɑːrmaɪkəl/
United States songwriter (1899-1981)
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
CemeterynounUS /ˈseməteri/
a tract of land used for burials
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
DecembernounUS /dɪˈsembər/
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
deerstalkernoun
a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
eighty-threeadjective
being three more than eighty
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
glazeverbUS /ɡleɪz/
coat with a glaze
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
gravestonenounUS /ˈɡreɪvstoʊn/
a stone that is used to mark a grave
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
HighlandernounUS /ˈhaɪlændər/
a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
Honour'snounUS /ˈɑːnərz/
possessive form of “honour” — the state of being honored
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
honoursnoun
a university degree with honors
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
inscribedadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈskraɪbd/
written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
MarsnounUS /mɑːrz/
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
MDCCCXVI
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From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
more's
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From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
not any; not one
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
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 Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
o'eradverb
throughout a period of time
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
on one occasion
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
PatricknounUS /ˈpætrɪk/
Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
SincereadjectiveUS /sɪnˈsɪr/
open and genuine; not deceitful
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
a male human offspring
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
stone'snounUS /stoʊnz/
possessive form of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
tombnounUS /tuːm/
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading Thy tomb, Carmichael, tells thy Honour's Roll, And man is born, as thee, to be forgot.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
wast
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From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
at the time that
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where now, O Son of Mars, is Honour's aim?
which person or people
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But virtue lives to glaze thy honours o'er, And Heaven will smile when brittle stone's no more.
William
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From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading What once thou wast or wished, no more's thy claim.
xiiinoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
a late time of life
From this reading The following is inscribed on a gravestone in Fort William Cemetery:-- Sacred To the Memory of Captain Patrick Campbell, Late of the 42nd Regiment, Who died on the xiii of December, MDCCCXVI., Aged eighty-three years, A True Highlander, A Sincere Friend, And the best deerstalker Of his day.
