used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
archbishopnounUS /ˈɑːrtʃˈbɪʃəp/
a bishop of highest rank
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
avengeverbUS /əˈvendʒ/
take revenge for a perceived wrong
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
bewilderedadjectiveUS /bɪˈwɪldərd/
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
dearly loved
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
dishonourverb
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading “Do not dishonour your husband!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do not dishonour your husband!”
don't
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From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Do not dishonour your husband!”
hussynounUS /ˈhʌsi/
a woman adulterer
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
Indre
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From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
infamynounUS /ˈɪnfəmi/
a state of extreme dishonor
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is dishonour then?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
legatenounUS /ˈleɡət/
a member of a legation
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
engage in
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Do not dishonour your husband!”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
sacknounUS /sæk/
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
sewnadjectiveUS /soʊn/
fastened with stitches
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “My dear,” said the bewildered lord, “don’t shout so.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “This is dishonour then?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
washedadjectiveUS /wɑːʃt/
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
which person or people
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “But,” replied the lady, “I will shout, and shout to make myself heard, heard by the archbishop, heard by the legate, by the king, by my brothers, who will avenge this infamy for me.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are right; but, my lord, it is not brought about by you, but by this hussy, whom I will have sewn up in a sack, and thrown into the Indre; thus your dishonour will be washed away.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do not dishonour your husband!”
