Chapter XI · Chapter 11

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

someone whose business is advertising

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

later than; following

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

(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 confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

large or big relative to something else

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

make an itemized list or catalog of; classify

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a formal event performed on a special occasion

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

A detailed written record of historical events in order. (Sử ký, biên niên sử lịch sử.)

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

the yard associated with a church

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-)

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a man who drives a coach (or carriage)

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

plural of “column” — a line of units following one after another

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

someone who makes candies and other sweets

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

characteristic of the present

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

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From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

a courteous or respectful or considerate act

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a female human offspring

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

plural of “decoration” — something used to beautify

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

zealous in devotion or affection

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

apart from; not including

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

in an expensive manner

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

communicated in words

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

opinion or judgment

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

plural of “gardener” — someone who takes care of a garden

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

foreshadow or presage

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

enclosed in the same envelope or package

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

not producing desired results; wasteful

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

plural of “initial” — the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

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From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

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From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

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 No name that could possibly be included was left out.

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

march in a procession

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

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From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

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From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

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From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a servile or fawning dependant

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

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From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

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From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

plural of “newspaper” — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

not any; not one

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

in accommodation

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a mistake resulting from neglect

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

and nothing more

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a person who plays an organ

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

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From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

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From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

a course of conduct

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

by chance

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

plural of “present” — the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

past form of “preside” — act as president

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

past form of “print” — put into print

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

presiding officer of a school

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

a male human offspring

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

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From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

not in physical motion

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

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From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

carry out

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

in or at that place or location

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

create by training and teaching

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading There was a large number of presents, more than enough to open the eyes of the readers of the _Melbury Park Chronicle and North London Intelligencer_, which, by courtesy of its contemporary, printed the account in full, except for the omission of local names, and in _minion_ instead of _bourgeois_ type.

having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.

having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

precisely as stated

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

German conductor (1876-1962)

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading No name that could possibly be included was left out.

the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

From this reading A WEDDING The London newspapers devoted small space, if any, to the wedding of Walter Clinton, Esq., M.D., third son of Edward Clinton, Esq., of Kencote, Meadshire, and Muriel, only daughter of the late Alexander Graham, Esq., and the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Mountfield, Meadshire, but the _Bathgate Herald and South Meadshire Advertiser_ devoted two of its valuable columns to a description of the ceremony, a list of the distinguished guests present, and a catalogue of the wedding presents.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

which person or people

From this reading The confectioner who supplied the cake, the head gardeners at Kencote and Mountfield who--obligingly--supplied the floral decorations; the organist who presided, as organists always do, at the organ, and gave a rendering, a very inefficient one, of Mendelssohn's Wedding March; the schoolmaster who looked after the children who strewed flowers on the churchyard path; the coachman who drove the happy pair to the station; the station-master who arranged for them a little salvo of his own, which took the form of fog-signals, as the train came in--they were all there, and there was not an error in their initials or in the spelling of their names, although there were a good many in the list of distinguished guests, and still more in the long catalogue of presents.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Some of the presents were valuable and others were expensively useless, and the opinion expressed in Melbury Park was that the doctor couldn't possibly find room for them all in his house and would have to take a bigger one.