Chapter XXXIX

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

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

later than; following

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading She was the only child of your brother, Sir, and one among the fairest among the daughters of men.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

react verbally

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

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

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

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From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

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From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

give a benediction to

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading She was the only child of your brother, Sir, and one among the fairest among the daughters of men.

a cruelly rapacious person

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

a young person of either sex

From this reading She was the only child of your brother, Sir, and one among the fairest among the daughters of men.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

plural of “command” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

very opposed in nature or character or purpose

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring

From this reading She was the only child of your brother, Sir, and one among the fairest among the daughters of men.

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

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

plural of “die” — a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

compelled forcibly by an outside agency

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

at any time

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

regard something as probable or likely

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

extend in scope or range or area

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

superlative of “fair” — free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading She was the only child of your brother, Sir, and one among the fairest among the daughters of men.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

set up or found

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

possessive form of “hour” — a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

and nothing more

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

the quality of being just or fair

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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 Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

the force of workers available

From this reading She was the only child of your brother, Sir, and one among the fairest among the daughters of men.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

not any; not one

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

and nothing more

From this reading She was the only child of your brother, Sir, and one among the fairest among the daughters of men.

plural of “opinion” — a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

characterized by active hostility

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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 perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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 You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

express in words

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

term of address for a man

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

Possessing supreme or ultimate power; autonomous and commanding.

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

plural of “start” — the beginning of anything

From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

make a strenuous or labored effort

From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

express in words

From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading Those convulsive starts tell me nature cannot long support the struggle.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

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From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

having no limits in range or scope

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

moral weakness

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

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

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

in or to any place at all

From this reading You complain, Sir, that my opinions pay too little deference to the obedience due from children to parents, and in answer to that I must observe, I know not of any opposing duties, and wherever the commands of parents are contrary to the justice due from being to being, I hold obedience to be vice.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

hope for; have a wish

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

produce a literary work

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

be the cause or source of

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

From this reading The perpetual hue and cry after obedience and obedience has almost driven virtue out of the world, for be it unlimited unexamined obedience to a sovereign, to a parent, or husband, the mind, yielding itself to implicit unexamined obedience, loses its individual dignity, and you can expect no more of a man than of a brute.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT Sir, Our Sibella is found.--I write at her bed-side; and, if after one hour's cool investigation of the past, you can lay your hand on your heart and say, _though Sibella offended me I was ever just to her_, I will yield up the earnest wish I have, that you should come to London to extend the forgiveness you have already granted, to see, to bless her, e'er she dies.