used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
adoredadjectiveUS /əˈdɔːrd/
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
carvenadjective
made for or formed by carving (“carven” is archaic or literary)
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
detestedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtestɪd/
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
emanating from God
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
fablesnounUS /ˈfeɪbəlz/
plural of “fable” — a deliberately false or improbable account
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
gapped
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From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
heritagenounUS /ˈherətədʒ/
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
horridadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrəd/
exceedingly bad
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
held up in the air
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
nighadjectiveUS /naɪ/
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
Noughtnoun
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
offspringnounUS /ˈɔːfsprɪŋ/
the immediate descendants of a person
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
pallverbUS /pɑːl/
become less interesting or attractive
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
readingsnounUS /ˈriːdɪŋz/
plural of “reading” — the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
Whereon
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From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Then shall the horrid pall Be lifted, and a spirit nigh divine, ‘Live in thy offspring as I live in mine,’ Will hear her call.
writnounUS /rɪt/
(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
From this reading Whence looks he on a land Whereon his labour is a carven page; And forth from heritage to heritage Nought writ on sand.
XLnoun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
From this reading XL.
XLIadjective
being one more than forty
From this reading His fables of the Above, And his gapped readings of the crown and sword, The hell detested and the heaven adored, The hate, the love, XLI.
XXXIX
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From this reading XXXIX.
