used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
adopted in order to deceive
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
counsellornounUS /ˈkaʊnsələr/
someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
DeliberateadjectiveUS /dɪˈlɪbərət/
carefully thought out in advance
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
distempernounUS /dɪˈstempər/
any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
put on clothes
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
eyebrowsnounUS /ˈaɪbraʊz/
plural of “eyebrow” — the arch of hair above each eye
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
death of a person
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
griefs
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From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
HamletnounUS /ˈhæmlət/
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
for this reason
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
I'll
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From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
not in action or at work
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
and nothing more
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
knavenounUS /neɪv/
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
Markham
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From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
Oswin
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From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
prating
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From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
removeverbUS /riˈmuːv/
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
move hurridly
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
having a supporting base
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
not in physical motion
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
streaksnounUS /striːks/
plural of “streak” — an unbroken series of events
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
temptverbUS /tempt/
dispose or incline or entice to
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
to-night
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
in or at the place that
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
which person or people
From this reading Indeed this counsellor Is now most still, most secret, and most grave, Who was in life a foolish prating knave.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ... tempt him with speed aboard; Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate.--_Hamlet._ |IN the room where he had assumed the dress of the part he had just played, Oswin Markham was now standing idle, and without making any attempt to remove the colour from his face or the streaks from his eyebrows.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper?
