Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humour is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humour is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CLEM. Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there? THO. Marry, that did my brother Prospero. CLEM.
Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humour is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
third-person singular of “alter” — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Marry, that did my brother Prospero.”
an occurrence of something
From this reading “Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?”
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading “Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?”
take in marriage
From this reading “Marry, that did my brother Prospero.”
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading “THO.”
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?”
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third-person singular of “alter” — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Marry, that did my brother Prospero.
an occurrence of something
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLEM.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
take in marriage
From this reading Marry, that did my brother Prospero.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Marry, that did my brother Prospero.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marry, that did my brother Prospero.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading THO.
which person or people
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you so? that alters the case; who gave you knowledge of your wife's being there?
Chapter 8 of Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 8 holds 399 sentences of Every Man in His Humour, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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