Chapter II · Chapter 2

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

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

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

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

(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 European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

Having no one else present.

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

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

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

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

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

plural of “audience” — a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

the past participle of “be”

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

earlier than; in front of

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831)

From this reading BENTHAM TO THE RESCUE.

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

showing who or what does the action

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

plural of “college” — the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

a state at a particular time

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

expressing extreme contempt

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

of or pertaining to or typical of Europe

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

very opposed in nature or character or purpose

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

persuaded of; very sure

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

a courteous or respectful or considerate act

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

giving courage or confidence or hope

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

a native or inhabitant of Europe

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

plural of “expense” — amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

according to habit or custom

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

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

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

an old word meaning “to this place”

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

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

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

the act of traveling from one place to another

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

deliver a lecture or talk

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

plural of “magazine” — a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

not any; not one

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

sporadically and infrequently

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

plural of “professorship” — the position of professor

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

gradual improvement or growth or development

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

on the contrary

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

free from harm or evil

From this reading BENTHAM TO THE RESCUE.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

confidently optimistic and cheerful

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

express in words

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

of or relating to the practice of science

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

of inferior status or quality

From this reading practiced in any other second-class new nation on the face of the earth.[1]

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

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

to a sufficient degree

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

carry out

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

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

From this reading BENTHAM TO THE RESCUE.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

by that means or because of that

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

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

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

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

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

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

From this reading BENTHAM TO THE RESCUE.

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

in the company of; together with

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading it, but, on the contrary, rather sanguine of making a little thereby in the long run, have occasionally remarked, that, in the United States, women journeying alone are treated with a chivalric courtesy and deference not so habitually

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading European travellers in this country--especially if one economical condition of their coming hither has not been the composition of works of imagination on America, sufficiently contemptuous to pay all the expenses of the trip--have, occasionally--and particularly if they

produce a literary work

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading have been invited to write for New York magazines, take professorships in native colleges, or lecture on the encouraging Continental progress of scientific atheism before Boston audiences;--such travellers, we say, convinced that they shall lose no money by