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From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
1833
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From this reading Margaret First printed in 1833.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
Adeline
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From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
(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 From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
a distinct feature or element in a problem
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
cuckoo-flower
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From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
deliciousadjectiveUS /dɪˈlɪʃəs/
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
dowernounUS /daʊr/
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
evening-lighted
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From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
opinion or judgment
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
something many people believe that is false
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Margaret First printed in 1833.
floodnounUS /flʌd/
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
frailadjectiveUS /freɪl/
physically weak
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Margaret First printed in 1833.
lentnounUS /lent/
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
provided with artificial light
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
Margaret
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From this reading Margaret First printed in 1833.
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
the light of the Moon
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
subject to death
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
outwardadjectiveUS /ˈaʊtwərd/
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
pensiveadjectiveUS /ˈpensɪv/
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
perfumenounUS /pərˈfjuːm/
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
portraitsnounUS /ˈpɔːrtrəts/
plural of “portrait” — a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
printedverbUS /ˈprɪntɪd/
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading Margaret First printed in 1833.
rainbownounUS /ˈreɪnboʊ/
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
showernounUS /ˈʃaʊər/
a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
tearfuladjectiveUS /ˈtɪrfəl/
filled with or marked by tears
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
Tennyson's
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From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
thonounUS /ðoʊ/
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
twinnounUS /twɪn/
either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
From this reading Another of Tennyson’s delicious fancy portraits, the twin sister to Adeline.
westward-winding
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From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
which person or people
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
in the company of; together with
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading From the westward-winding flood, From the evening-lighted wood, From all things outward you have won A tearful grace, as tho’[1] you stood Between the rainbow and the sun.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, Your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O sweet pale Margaret, O rare pale Margaret, What lit your eyes with tearful power, Like moonlight on a falling shower?
