used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
AlasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
(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 I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
chang'd
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From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
ComplementnounUS /ˈkɑːmpləmənt/
a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
createverbUS /kriˈeɪt/
make or cause to be or to become
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
elementnounUS /ˈeləmənt/
an abstract part of something
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
examin'd
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From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
grieveverbUS /ɡriːv/
feel grief
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
how
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From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
go away from a place
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
lentnounUS /lent/
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
past form of “mingle” — to bring or combine together or with something else
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
not one, and not any
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
and nothing more
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
the act of departing politely
From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
QuirenounUS /kwaɪr/
a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
resumeverbUS /rɪˈzuːm/
take up or begin anew
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
sep'rate
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From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
not in physical motion
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
There's
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From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have examin'd and do find, Of all that favour me There's none I grieve to leave behind But only, only thee.
Twas
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From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But neither Chance nor Complement Did element our Love; 'Twas sacred sympathy was lent Us from the Quire above.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To part with thee I needs must die, Could parting sep'rate thee and I.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Our chang'd and mingled Souls are grown To such acquaintance now, That if each would resume their own, Alas! we know not how.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading That Friendship Fortune did create, Still fears a wound from Time or Fate.
