used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
(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 twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
apprisedverbUS /əˈpraɪzd/
past form of “apprise” — inform (somebody) of something
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
Ay
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
a youthful male person
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
broachedadjectiveUS /broʊtʃt/
of a cask or barrel
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
crowedverbUS /kroʊd/
past form of “crow” — dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
cure-reporting
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
CuredadjectiveUS /kjʊrd/
freed from illness or injury
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
dayspringnoun
the first light of day
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
DeareradjectiveUS /ˈdɪrər/
comparative of “dear” — dearly loved
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
made known or openly avowed
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
opinion or judgment
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
HailverbUS /heɪl/
praise vociferously
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
and nothing more
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
liednounUS /laɪd/
a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
engage in
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
manufactureverbUS /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃər/
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
Mubid's
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
mule-and-baggage
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
information about recent and important events
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
on one occasion
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
outpoured
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
salvenounUS /sɑːv/
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
cut with a saw
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
SlainnounUS /sleɪn/
people who have been slain (as in battle)
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
smearnounUS /smɪr/
slanderous defamation
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
dependable
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
sufficedverbUS /səˈfaɪst/
past form of “suffice” — be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
twofoldadjectiveUS /ˈtuːˈfoʊld/
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
veinnounUS /veɪn/
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
precisely as stated
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
warrantsnounUS /ˈwɔːrənts/
plural of “warrant” — a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
warsnounUS /wɔːrz/
plural of “war” — the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
at the time that
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
woundsnounUS /wuːndz/
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
a late time of life
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
Yezdt
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
youngsternounUS /ˈjʌŋstər/
a young person of either sex
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
