used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
alterverbUS /ˈɔːltər/
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
AriseverbUS /ərˈaɪz/
come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
inflected form of “bear” — have
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
a female human offspring
From this reading “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
dealingsnounUS /ˈdiːlɪŋz/
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by “with”)
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
dearly loved
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
at any time
From this reading Various have been my journies, and scarcely have I ever heard of one in vain.
the organ of sight
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
a young female
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
instrumentnounUS /ˈɪnstrəmənt/
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
journies
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From this reading Various have been my journies, and scarcely have I ever heard of one in vain.
Lord'snounUS /lɔːrdz/
possessive form of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Various have been my journies, and scarcely have I ever heard of one in vain.
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 “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Various have been my journies, and scarcely have I ever heard of one in vain.
others
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From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
preachverbUS /priːtʃ/
deliver a sermon
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
only a very short time before
From this reading Various have been my journies, and scarcely have I ever heard of one in vain.
Sheerness
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From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
solicitverbUS /səˈlɪsɪt/
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
in the near future
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
carry out
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
testimonynounUS /ˈtestəmoʊni/
a solemn statement made under oath
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
threshverbUS /θreʃ/
move or stir about violently
From this reading “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading Various have been my journies, and scarcely have I ever heard of one in vain.
of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
From this reading Various have been my journies, and scarcely have I ever heard of one in vain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Soon alter the death of my dear girl, I was invited to take a journey to Sheerness.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
at the time that
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
which person or people
From this reading When I arrived, some who had heard me preach in town, and others who had beard of me, came to solicit me to preach in that place.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To — As through grace you have been an eye and ear witness to the Lord’s dealings with me, and to the testimony which he has borne to the word of his grace (however weak the instrument) in town, so you have heard of some success I have had in the country.
ZionnounUS /ˈzaɪən/
originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
From this reading “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
