personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading * Neighbourhood caused the acquaintance and first introduction.
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
(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 The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Amongst the rest was Lady Florence Lascelles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * Neighbourhood caused the acquaintance and first introduction.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
bloomnounUS /bluːm/
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading * Neighbourhood caused the acquaintance and first introduction.
CLEVELAND'SnounUS /ˈkliːvləndz/
possessive form of “cleveland” — the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
counselled
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From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
any strong feeling
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
epochnounUS /ˈepək/
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
at any time
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
fecit
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From this reading "Notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit."*--OVID.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading * Neighbourhood caused the acquaintance and first introduction.
FlorencenounUS /ˈflɔːrəns/
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading Amongst the rest was Lady Florence Lascelles.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
gradus
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From this reading "Notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit."*--OVID.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
introductionnounUS /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/
the act of beginning something new
From this reading * Neighbourhood caused the acquaintance and first introduction.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Amongst the rest was Lady Florence Lascelles.
Lascelles
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From this reading Amongst the rest was Lady Florence Lascelles.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
Maltravers
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From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
take in marriage
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
momentousadjectiveUS /moʊˈmentəs/
of very great significance
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
NeighbourhoodnounUS /ˈneɪbərhʊd/
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading * Neighbourhood caused the acquaintance and first introduction.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
Notitiam
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From this reading "Notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit."*--OVID.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
OVIDnoun
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
From this reading "Notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit."*--OVID.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
primosque
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From this reading "Notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit."*--OVID.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Amongst the rest was Lady Florence Lascelles.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * Neighbourhood caused the acquaintance and first introduction.
up to a particular time
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
under normal conditions
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
vicinia
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From this reading "Notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit."*--OVID.
villanounUS /ˈvɪlə/
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CLEVELAND'S villa /was/ full, and of persons usually called agreeable.
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The wise old man had ever counselled Maltravers not to marry too young; but neither did he wish him to put off that momentous epoch of life till all the bloom of heart and emotion was passed away.
