used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
AdvancingadjectiveUS /ədˈvænsɪŋ/
moving forward
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
(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 I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading What fury raised thee up? away, away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading Corn.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
DivideverbUS /dɪˈvaɪd/
separate into parts or portions
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
dukedomnounUS /ˈduːkdəm/
the dignity or rank or position of a duke
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
Flam
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From this reading Flam.
forerun
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From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
fruitionnounUS /fruːˈɪʃən/
the condition of bearing fruit
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading What fury raised thee up? away, away.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
inventionnounUS /ˌɪnˈvenʃən/
the creation of something in the mind
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
ll
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From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
for more time
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
on one occasion
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading What fury raised thee up? away, away.
scandalnounUS /ˈskændəl/
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
not in physical motion
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading What fury raised thee up? away, away.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading What fury raised thee up? away, away.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What fury raised thee up? away, away.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
WoenounUS /woʊ/
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading [Advancing.] Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I 'll seat you above law, and above scandal; Give to your thoughts the invention of delight, And the fruition; nor shall government Divide me from you longer, than a care To keep you great: you shall to me at once Be dukedom, health, wife, children, friends, and all.
