1865
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From this reading The Hague, March, 1865.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
giving or marked by complete attention to
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
confideverbUS /kənˈfaɪd/
reveal in private; tell confidentially
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
destinedadjectiveUS /ˈdestɪnd/
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
give expression to
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
a man of refinement
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
Hague
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From this reading The Hague, March, 1865.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
infancynounUS /ˈɪnfənsi/
the early stage of growth or development
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
lawsuitnounUS /ˈlɔːsuːt/
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
Leopold
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From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
march in a procession
From this reading The Hague, March, 1865.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
a form of address for a man
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
provincialadjectiveUS /prəˈvɪnʃəl/
of or associated with a province
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
term of address for a man
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Hague, March, 1865.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
Verheyst
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From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
which person or people
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
William
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From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Something wonderful has happened, and I have great need of a friend to whom I can confide my secret.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Imagine Leopold van Zonshoven, who seemed destined from his infancy to figure in this world as a poor gentleman--imagine your friend Leopold suddenly come into an immense fortune.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Friend,--If you are not too deeply absorbed in some lawsuit or other, come to me by the first express you can catch from your little provincial town.
Zonshoven
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From this reading A Letter from Sir Leopold van Zonshoven to Mr. William Verheyst at A----.
