Chapter IV

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

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

the academic world

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

plural of “account” — a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

how long something has existed

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

(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 They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

surprising greatly

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

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From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

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

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

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

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

with bitterness; in a resentful manner

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

a formal event performed on a special occasion

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

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From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

without stop or interruption

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

convert food into absorbable substances

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

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From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

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From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

a person who lacks good judgment

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

a first-year undergraduate

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

plural of “freshman” — a first-year undergraduate

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

put in effect

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

plural of “garret” — floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

a man of refinement

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

a native or resident of the American state of Georgia

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

a malicious woman with a fierce temper

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

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

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

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

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

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From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

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From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

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

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

lacking discretion; injudicious

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

with respect to private feelings

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

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

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

so unreasonable as to invite derision

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

gain knowledge or skills

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

attach a tag or label to

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

past form of “matriculate” — enroll as a student

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

admission to a group (especially a college or university)

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

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

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

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

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

yielding a fair profit

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

participate in games or sport

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

plural of “rite” — an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

exposing human folly to ridicule

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

-ing form of “shelve” — hold back to a later time

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

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From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

past form of “tender” — offer or present for acceptance

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

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

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

for that reason; as a result

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

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

From this reading They must, therefore, fulfil all the rites of matriculation before they can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

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

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

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From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

under the level of the ground

From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

marked by diversity or difference

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

to an exceedingly great extent or degree

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

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From this reading THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRESHER--(_continued_) Ceremony of matriculation--Paying the swearing-broker--Colman and the Vice-Chancellor--Learning the Oxford manner--Homunculi Togati--Academia and a mother’s love--The jovial father--Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets--The harpy and the sheets--The first night.

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

From this reading As the process was vastly different in Georgian times, it is interesting to read the varying accounts of eighteenth-century freshmen.

which person or people

From this reading The advice tendered to freshmen in Amhurst’s amazing and bitterly satirical letter is for those who have been matriculated.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading The gentleman who, “being of age to play the fool,” came up with his parents from Hoxton, has written a somewhat indiscreet but all the more laughable description of the ceremony.