Chapter X

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

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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

From this reading Papists and Protestants side by side!'

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

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

plural of “battle” — a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “brazilian” — a native or inhabitant of Brazil

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Papists and Protestants side by side!'

plural of “cavalier” — a gallant or courtly gentleman

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a tract of land used for burials

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

plural of “chronicler” — someone who writes chronicles

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “churchman” — a clergyman or other person in religious orders

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

possessive form of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “conduit” — a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “conversation” — the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a disputant who advocates reform

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

remove the dust from

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

to the same degree (often followed by “as”)

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

ludicrously odd

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

possessive form of “fox” — alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

British historian remembered for his ten-volume history of England (1829-1902)

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

plural of “garner” — a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

brought together in one place

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

a group of persons together in one place

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “generation” — all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

death of a person

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

the yield from plants in a single growing season

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “historian” — a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

without limits in extent or size or quantity

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

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

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

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

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

a member of the Jesuit order

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

set down according to a plan

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “martyr” — one who suffers for the sake of principle

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a follower of Mohammed

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

possessive form of “nature” — the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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From this reading Papists and Protestants side by side!'

in a peaceable manner

From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

plural of “person” — a human being

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a specialist in philosophy

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “protestant” — an adherent of Protestantism

From this reading Papists and Protestants side by side!'

with low volume

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

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From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a person who is head of an administrative department of government

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading Papists and Protestants side by side!'

without speaking

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

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From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

term of address for a man

From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

plural of “spaniard” — a native or inhabitant of Spain

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

be standing; be upright

From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

plural of “statesman” — a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

English writer (1832-1904)

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

impart skills or knowledge to

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

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

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

in or at that place or location

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading "SIR THOMAS MORE.--'How peaceably they stand together....

plural of “treasure” — accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

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

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

precisely as stated

From this reading "MONTESINOS.--'Their very dust reposes not more quietly in the cemetery.

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From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!

at the time that

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

marked by skill in deception

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading "Here are God's conduits, grave divines; and here Is nature's secretary, the philosopher; And wily statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chroniclers; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land."--_Donne._ Here I possess these gathered treasures of time, the harvest of so many generations, laid up in my garners; and when I go to the windows, there is the lake, and the circle of the mountains, and the illimitable sky.'"

in the company of; together with

From this reading Ancient and modern, Jew and Gentile, Mohammedan and Crusader, French and English, Spaniards and Portuguese, Dutch and Brazilians, fighting their old battles silently now upon the shelf; Fernam Lopez and Pedro de Ayala; John de Laet and Barlæus, with the historians of Joam Ferandes Vieira; Fox's Martyrs, and the Three Conversations of Father Persons; Cranmer and Stephen Gardiner; Dominican and Franciscan; Jesuit and _Philosophe_, equally misnamed: Churchmen and Sectarians; Roundheads and Cavaliers!