Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

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

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

declared publicly; made widely known

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

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

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

earlier than; in front of

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

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

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

placed in a grave

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

being joined in close association

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

remove the dust from

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

destroyed or killed

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

the activity of transporting goods by truck

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading HEMANS.

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

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

march in a procession

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

plural of “moor” — one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading MRS.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

the middle of the day

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

and nothing more

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

done or occurring in a brief period of time

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

any object that is left unused or still extant

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

preliminary drawing for later elaboration

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

the first light of day

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

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

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."

used to ask for information about something

From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.

in the company of; together with

From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."