1760
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
Birrel
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
bloodhoundsnounUS /ˈblʌdhaʊndz/
plural of “bloodhound” — a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
bondagenounUS /ˈbɑːndɪdʒ/
the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
ceaselessadjectiveUS /ˈsiːslɪs/
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
conceivedverbUS /kənˈsiːvd/
past form of “conceive” — have the idea for
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
gotten under control
From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
dearly loved
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
Desart
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
give a description of
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
Dobbie
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
endeavoured
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
groansnounUS /ɡroʊnz/
plural of “groan” — an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
provoking horror
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
how
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
an iconic mental representation
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
insidiousadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈsɪdiːəs/
beguiling but harmful
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading "Oh, misery!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, misery!
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
pyrates
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
Roland
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
SleeplessadjectiveUS /ˈsliːpləs/
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
not in physical motion
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
tinglingadjectiveUS /ˈtɪŋɡəlɪŋ/
exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
precisely as stated
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
