used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
acquisitionnounUS /ˌækwəˈzɪʃən/
the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
AlfrednounUS /ˈælfrəd/
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
(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 That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
alluringadjectiveUS /əˈlʊrɪŋ/
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
buryingnounUS /ˈberiɪŋ/
concealing something under the ground
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
carveverbUS /kɑːrv/
form by carving
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
Cordelia
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From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
defeatedadjectiveUS /dɪˈfiːtəd/
beaten or overcome; not victorious
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
deplorablyadverb
in an unfortunate or deplorable manner
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
ecstasynounUS /ˈekstəsi/
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
ENLIGHTENMENTnounUS /ˌenˈlaɪtənmənt/
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
flight'snounUS /flaɪts/
possessive form of “flight” — a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
forgetfuladjectiveUS /fɔːrˈɡetfəl/
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
an established custom
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
HARTLEYnounUS /ˈhɑːrtli/
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
From this reading JOHN HARTLEY, "The Lost Voice."
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
INTERLUDEnounUS /ˈɪntərluːd/
an intervening period or episode
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN HARTLEY, "The Lost Voice."
limbnounUS /lɪm/
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading JOHN HARTLEY, "The Lost Voice."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
lutenounUS /luːt/
a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
roused to anger
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
moonbeamnounUS /ˈmuːnbiːm/
a ray of moonlight
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
musingnounUS /ˈmjuːzɪŋ/
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
a brief written record
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
on one occasion
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
PoppynounUS /ˈpɑːpi/
annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
proneadjectiveUS /proʊn/
having a tendency (to); often used in combination
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
punctiliousadjectiveUS /pəŋkˈtɪliəs/
marked by precise accordance with details
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
rememberingnounUS /rɪˈmembərɪŋ/
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
Spaulding
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
VaughannounUS /vɔːn/
United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading JOHN HARTLEY, "The Lost Voice."
ward'snounUS /wɔːrdz/
possessive form of “ward” — a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For one virtue alone Cordelia Vaughan was looked on as a rare acquisition by Mrs. Alfred Spaulding.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
which person or people
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
in the company of; together with
From this reading AN INTERLUDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The lute forgetful of its note; The wing remembering not to fly In some sweet flight's mad ecstasy; The heart that failed to carve the form Since once the musing soul grew warm With love for her who sat for him Of too alluring moonbeam limb.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "The defeated heart," sighed the woman in black, "has the habit of burying its own dead!"--"The Silver Poppy."
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading That virtue was her young ward's punctilious attention to all those social duties with regard to which she herself was prone to be deplorably careless.
