Chapter V

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

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

anew

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

(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 Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

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

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

third-person singular of “confuse” — mistake one thing for another

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

any system of principles or beliefs

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

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

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

plural of “echo” — the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

devised; developed according to an orderly plan

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

set up or found

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

highest in quality

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

the principal theme in a speech or literary work

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump

From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

third-person singular of “long” — desire strongly or persistently

From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

suggesting an unhealthy mental state

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

above and across; more than

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

a wrapped container

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

plural of “parole” — a promise

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

out of fashion

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

by chance

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

plural of “regard” — (usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium

From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

have in common

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

plural of “son” — a male human offspring

From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

plural of “stanza” — a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

reading carefully with intent to remember

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

an artist who is a master of a particular style

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

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

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

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

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

up to a particular time

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

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

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

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From this reading Comme de longs echos qui de loin se confondent Dans une tenebreuse et profonde unite, Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarte, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se repondent."

literature in metrical form

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

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

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.

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

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

belonging to which person

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

possessive form of “wilde” — Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Charles Baudelaire, with all his love of the terrible and the morbid, was an incomparable stylist, and in these lines has almost formulated a creed of art.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading THE POET POEMS If a keynote were wanted to Oscar Wilde's verse it might be found in a couple of stanzas by the poet whose work perhaps had the greatest share in moulding his ideas and fashioning his style.

a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys

From this reading "La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading We can picture to ourselves the young Oxford student studying these lines over and over again till they had become part and parcel of himself.