Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

(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 All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

plural of “avenue” — a line of approach

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

plural of “banner” — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

plural of “bayonet” — a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

make a strident sound

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

A fortress protecting a city, metaphorically representing the invincible inner sanctuary of the rational mind.

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

in a close relation or position in time or space

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

past form of “closet” — confine to a small space, as for intensive work

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

a line of units following one after another

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

plural of “court” — an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

absence of light or illumination

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

plural of “dash” — distinctive and stylish elegance

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

torn down and broken up

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

plural of “drum” — a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

plural of “eddy” — founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

being ten more than seventy

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

plural of “frown” — a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

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From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

make an investment

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

the force of workers available

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

pose a threat to; present a danger to

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

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From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

military supplies

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

above and across; more than

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

a large and stately mansion

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

plural of “portal” — a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

From this reading THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.

move by turning over or rotating

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

plural of “ten” — the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

filled with great numbers crowded together

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens

From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

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From this reading Over that stern old citadel, over the dismantled Palace of the Tuileries, from the tall summit of the Column of Vendome, over the Hotel des Invalides and in the Place de la Bastille is seen a blood-red banner, streaming out like a meteor on the keen north-western blast.

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From this reading In the Hotel de Ville, closely closeted, sat the Provisional Government of France.

plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading All its avenues are held; its courts are thronged; ordnance frowns from its black portals and against its gates; drums roll--banners stream--bayonets glitter; and from those tens of thousands of hoarse and stormy voices goes up but one shout of menace and command:

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.

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From this reading Eighty thousand armed men invest the Hotel de Ville, and wave on wave, wave on wave, the living and stormy tide eddies and welters and dashes around that dark old pile.