Chapter VII

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

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

filled with fear or apprehension

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

(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 She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a cherished desire

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the past participle of “be”

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

in addition to; as well as

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Thou never shalt retreat.----Then by my troth I'll never go, Sir.----But here he comes.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading Thou never shalt retreat.----Then by my troth I'll never go, Sir.----But here he comes.

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

absence of light or illumination

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

interchangeable with “means” in the expression “by means of”

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

distribute loosely

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

increase twofold

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the state of being unsure of something

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

plural of “ell” — an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

to come or go into

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

steadfast in affection or allegiance

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a social unit living together

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

a state of high honor

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading Thou never shalt retreat.----Then by my troth I'll never go, Sir.----But here he comes.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Thou never shalt retreat.----Then by my troth I'll never go, Sir.----But here he comes.

the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading Thou never shalt retreat.----Then by my troth I'll never go, Sir.----But here he comes.

a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

where you live at a particular time

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the state of being honored

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

have in mind as a purpose

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

moving to the inside of something

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

go away from a place

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

plural of “legion” — archaic terms for army

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

temporary living quarters

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

for the most time

From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

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From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

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From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

engage in

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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 She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

freedom from vanity or conceit

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

to a great degree or extent

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

absolutely essential

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Thou never shalt retreat.----Then by my troth I'll never go, Sir.----But here he comes.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

not any; not one

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

not one thing; not anything

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

have some of the qualities or attributes of something

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

plural of “pistol” — a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

raise the level or amount of something

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

showing reason or sound judgment

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

force or drive back

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

express in words

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

showing reason or sound judgment

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

term of address for a man

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

in the near future

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

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From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

be standing; be upright

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

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From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

in or at that place or location

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

for that reason; as a result

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

a special situation

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

a branch of the Tai languages

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

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

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

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From this reading _Enter ~Lorenzo~._ _Lor._ Will it never be night? sure 'tis the longest day the sun e'er travell'd.

a mutual promise to marry

From this reading Thou never shalt retreat.----Then by my troth I'll never go, Sir.----But here he comes.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

precisely as stated

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

used to ask for information about something

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

at the time that

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

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

From this reading _Enter ~Lopez~._ As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair of pocket pistols, two wide-mouth'd blunderbusses, some six ells of sword-blade and a couple of dark lanthorns.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

disposed or inclined toward

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

in the company of; together with

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

an affirmative

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading When my Master said this to me; Sir, said I to my master, (that is, I would have said it, if I had not been in such a fright, I could say nothing, however I'll say it to him now, and shall probably have a quiet hearing;) look you, Sir, by dint of reason I intend to confound you: you are resolv'd, you say, to get into _Leonora_'s lodgings, tho' the Devil stand in the door-way?----Yes, _Lopez_, that's my resolution----Very well, and what do you intend to do when you are there?----Why, what an injur'd man shou'd do; make her sensible of----Make her sensible of a pudding, don't you see she's a jade?

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading She'll raise the house about your ears, arm the whole family, set the great dog at you.----Were there legions of Devils to repulse me, in such a cause I could disperse them all----Why then you have no occasion for help, Sir, you may leave me at home to lay the cloth.----No; thou art my ancient friend, my fellow-traveller, and to reward thy faithful services, this night thou shalt partake my danger and my glory.----Sir, I have got glory enough under you already, to content any reasonable servant for his life----Thy modesty makes me willing to double my bounty; this night may bring eternal honour to thee and thy family.----Eternal honour, Sir, is too much in conscience for a serving-man; besides ambition has been many a great soul's undoing----I doubt thou art afraid, my _Lopez_, thou shalt be arm'd with back, with breast and headpiece----They will encumber me in my retreat.----Retreat! my hero!