used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
chisel'd
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From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
a female human offspring
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
destinynounUS /ˈdestəni/
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Many drew swords and died.
divinelyadverbUS /dɪˈvaɪnli/
by divine means
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Many drew swords and died.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
FrozeverbUS /froʊz/
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
lovelinessnoun
the quality of being good looking and attractive
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Many drew swords and died.
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
used to form the superlative
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
not any; not one
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
cut with a saw
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
sorrowsnounUS /ˈsɑːroʊz/
plural of “sorrow” — an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
having a supporting base
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
starlikeadjectiveUS /ˈstɑːrlaɪk/
resembling a star
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
StilleradjectiveUS /ˈstɪlər/
comparative of “still” — not in physical motion
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
moving very fast
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
swordsnounUS /sɔːrdz/
plural of “sword” — a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading Many drew swords and died.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TROJAN WAR ...
in or at that place or location
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
TROJANnounUS /ˈtroʊdʒən/
a native of ancient Troy
From this reading THE TROJAN WAR ...
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading THE TROJAN WAR ...
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading "I had great beauty; ask thou not my name: No one can be more wise than destiny.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her loveliness with shame and with surprise Froze my swift speech: she turning on my face The starlike sorrows of immortal eyes, Spoke slowly in her place.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisel'd marble, standing there: A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.
