Chapter XIV

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

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

(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 invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “ant” — social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

at or in or to any place

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

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

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

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

From this reading No portion of the globe is so productive of wild animals as Africa.

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

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

an onerous or difficult concern

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

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From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

one of the large landmasses of the earth

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “elephant” — five-toed pachyderm

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

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From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

a deliberate act of omission

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

plural of “exploration” — to travel for the purpose of discovery

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

the point or degree to which something extends

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “forest” — the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading No portion of the globe is so productive of wild animals as Africa.

largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

ten 10s

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

plural of “insect” — small air-breathing arthropod

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

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

From this reading No portion of the globe is so productive of wild animals as Africa.

a domain in which something is dominant

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

possessive form of “livingstone” — Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

the force of workers available

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

make reference to

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

any admirable quality or attribute

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

not any; not one

From this reading No portion of the globe is so productive of wild animals as Africa.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

and nothing more

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

the local environment

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

a person who requires medical care

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading No portion of the globe is so productive of wild animals as Africa.

producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)

From this reading No portion of the globe is so productive of wild animals as Africa.

large Old World boas

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

unusual or striking

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

plural of “render” — a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

plural of “reptile” — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

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From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

express in words

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

plural of “serpent” — limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

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From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading No portion of the globe is so productive of wild animals as Africa.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

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

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

causing a surge of emotion or excitement

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

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

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

not fit for habitation

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

incapable of being traversed

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

characterized by variety

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading There animal life is more extensive, if we may so say, and more varied than anywhere else.

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

From this reading The invaluable services which this patient but obstinate beast of burden renders to the inhabitants of Northern Africa are known to all men.

belonging to which person

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

in the company of; together with

From this reading THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA, Some Account of the Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, and Insects of Africa -- Livingstone’s Opinion of the Lion -- Elephants, Hippopotami, Rhinoceroses, etc. -- Wild Animals Subject to Disease -- Remarkable Hunting Explorations -- Cumming Slays more than One Hundred Elephants -- Du Chaillu and the Gorilla -- Thrilling Incidents -- Vast Plains Covered with Game -- Forests Filled with Birds -- Immense Serpents -- The Python of South Africa -- Ants and other Insects.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading The domestic animals of that continent are not to such extent different from those of other parts of the world as to merit special mention, with the exception of the camel, without whose aid a large portion of the country would be not only uninhabitable but untraversable.