1922
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From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
adoptverbUS /əˈdɑːpt/
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
(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 Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
anthologistnounUS /ænˈθɔːləɡɪst/
an editor who makes selections for an anthology
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mine has been very simple.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
a youthful male person
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
a young person of either sex
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
collectionnounUS /kəˈlekʃən/
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
CONDÉ
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From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
CONNverbUS /kɑːn/
conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
GREENWICHnounUS /ˈɡrenɪtʃ/
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mine has been very simple.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
the act that results in something coming to be
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The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mine has been very simple.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
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belonging to the person speaking
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
NASTnounUS /næst/
United States political cartoonist (1840-1902)
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
a brief written record
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
playmatenounUS /ˈpleɪmeɪt/
a companion at play
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
literature in metrical form
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
PREFATORYadjective
serving as an introduction or preface
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
selectionsnounUS /səˈlekʃənz/
plural of “selection” — the act of choosing or selecting
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
SeptembernounUS /sepˈtembər/
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading Mine has been very simple.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
strivenverbUS /ˈstrɪvən/
inflected form of “strive” — attempt by employing effort
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
TEASDALEnounUS /ˈtiːzdeɪl/
United States poet (1884-1933)
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Set up and published September, 1922 CONDÉ NAST PRESS GREENWICH, CONN.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
precisely as stated
From this reading Mine has been very simple.
WARRENnounUS /ˈwɔːrən/
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN WARREN TEASDALE PREFATORY NOTE Every anthologist must adopt some plan for making selections.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Above all things I have striven to keep the book small, for the big books of poetry on our shelves were always left to themselves.
which person or people
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I have made a small collection of poems that would have pleased the child I used to be and the boy who was my playmate.
