Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

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

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

love intensely

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

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From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

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

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

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From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

pleasing or delighting

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

force somebody to do something

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

someone who is victorious by force of arms

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

one or the other of two

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

accept an excuse for

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

a powerful effect or influence

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

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

From this reading _Ana._ He has a graceful Form.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

obtain

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

having or deserving or conferring glory

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

From this reading _Ana._ He has a graceful Form.

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

From this reading _Ana._ He has a graceful Form.

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

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

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

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

immediately past

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

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From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

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

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

subject to death

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

cut with a saw

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

the season of growth

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

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

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

carry out

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

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

From this reading _Queen._ Not fly--not fly the Murderer of my Lord?

in or at that place or location

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

up to a particular time

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

a fact that has been verified

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

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From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

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

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

at the time that

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

hope for; have a wish

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

a late time of life

From this reading _Queen._ I wish there were in Nature one excuse, either by Force or Reason to compel me:--For Oh, _Anaria_--I adore this General;--take from my Soul a Truth--till now conceal’d--at twelve Years old--at the _Pauwomungian_ Court, I saw this Conqueror.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _Ana._ What World, what Resolution can preserve you? and what he cannot gain by soft submission, Force will at last o’ercome.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading I saw him young and gay as new-born Spring, glorious and charming as the Mid-day’s Sun; I watch’d his Looks, and listned when he spoke, and thought him more than mortal.