Chapter IV

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

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

later than; following

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

(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 The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

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

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

separated or at a distance in place or position or time

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

see with attention

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

put or pin the blame on

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

the appearance conveyed by a person's face

From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

plural of “delight” — a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

move gently or carefully

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

the organ of sight

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

large in amount or extent or degree

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

past form of “grace” — make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

plural of “hart” — United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

transmit (knowledge or skills)

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

-ing form of “lure” — provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

not one, and not any

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

many times at short intervals

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

on one occasion

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

situated in a particular spot or position

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

fill to satisfaction

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

express in words

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

-ing form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

not in physical motion

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

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

From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

at the time that

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

in or at the place that

From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading And next to her sate goodly _Shamefastnesse_, l Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse, As if some blame of euill she did feare, That in her cheekes made roses oft appeare: And her against sweet _Cherefulnesse_ was placed, Whose eyes like twinkling stars in euening cleare, Were deckt with smyles, that all sad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced.

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From this reading Whilest thus I spake, behold with happy eye I spyde, where at the Idoles feet apart A beuie of fayre damzels close did lye, Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye.

belonging to which person

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

in the company of; together with

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

the state of being an adult woman

From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading Her name was _Womanhood_, that she exprest By her sad semblant and demeanure wyse: For stedfast still her eyes did fixed rest, Ne rov’d at randon after gazers guyse, Whose luring baytes oftimes doe heedlesse harts entyse.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

being eight more than forty

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.

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From this reading The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares, xlix And grauer countenance then all the rest; Yet all the rest were eke her equall peares, Yet vnto her obayed all the best.

but in spite of that

From this reading So did he say: but I with murmure soft, xlviii That none might heare the sorrow of my hart, Yet inly groning deepe and sighing oft, Besought her to graunt ease vnto my smart, And to my wound her gratious help impart.