Chapter XX

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

(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 And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

weapons considered collectively

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.

plural of “barn” — an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

for the reason that

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

a committee having supervisory powers

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

placed in a grave

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

obtain

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

the act of departing

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

plural of “inn” — a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

immediately past

From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

roused to anger

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

United States poet (1869-1950)

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

a change of position that does not entail a change of location

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

on one occasion

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

a separate part of a whole

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

the arrangement of the body and its limbs

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

earlier in time

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.

truth or reality

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

the property of being physically or mentally strong

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

restricted to something

From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.

plural of “stroller” — someone who walks at a leisurely pace

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

a fact that has been verified

From this reading Truth!”

a formal word for “on”

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

past form of “watch” — look attentively

From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.

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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.

at the time that

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.

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From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.

which person or people

From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.