used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
addressesnounUS /ˈæˈdresɪz/
plural of “address” — (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
advancingadjectiveUS /ədˈvænsɪŋ/
moving forward
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
affectionsnounUS /əˈfekʃənz/
plural of “affection” — a positive feeling of liking
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
anew
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
dearly loved
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
bestowedverbUS /bɪˈstoʊd/
past form of “bestow” — present
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
disdainverbUS /dɪsˈdeɪn/
look down on with disdain
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
dismissverbUS /dɪˈsmɪs/
bar from attention or consideration
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
at any time
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
evincedverbUS /ɪˈvɪnst/
past form of “evince” — give expression to
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
favourableadjective
encouraging or approving or pleasing
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
HollynounUS /ˈhɑːli/
any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
HoracenounUS /ˈhɔːrəs/
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
immediately past
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
engage in
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
MalletnounUS /ˈmælɪt/
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
misfortunesnounUS /mɪˈsfɔːrtʃənz/
plural of “misfortune” — unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
a condition requiring relief
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
oftadverbUS /ɔːft/
many times at short intervals
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
and nothing more
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
prepareverbUS /priˈper/
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
prioradjectiveUS /ˈpraɪər/
earlier in time
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
proudestadjectiveUS /ˈpraʊdəst/
superlative of “proud” — feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
established beyond doubt
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
remembrancenounUS /riˈmembrəns/
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
renewedadjectiveUS /rɪˈnuːd/
restored to a new condition
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
repetitionnounUS /ˌrepəˈtɪʃən/
an event that repeats
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
express the need or desire for
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
term of address for a man
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
stewardnounUS /ˈstuːərd/
someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
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 "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
at the time that
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Too oft have you heard the relation of my early misfortunes, to need a repetition here; but prepare, my Harry, for a tale you little expect, and which reached my knowledge a few months after my marriage.
which person or people
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Miss Holly proved more favourable to his addresses, and at the time Sir Horace demanded her as a wife for me, was in a state advancing to become a mother!"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
a late time of life
From this reading "Some years prior to that event, your mother bestowed her affections on Mallet, her father's steward; who, at last, asked her of his master in marriage; but Mr. Holly refused him with the proudest disdain, and threatened to dismiss him, if he ever again renewed the subject.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yet I trust the affection you evinced for him in life, will make you regard this his last (though secret) request, and advice.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "When these lines, my beloved Henry, reach your hands, time will have left only a tender remembrance of the name of father!
