Chapter IX · Chapter 9

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

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

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From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

how long something has existed

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

possessing life

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

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

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

plural of “carry” — the act of carrying something

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

put or send forth

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

divisible by two

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

opinion or judgment

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

be agreeable or acceptable to

From this reading O My fit returns.

a short vivid experience

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

fully ripe; at the height of bloom

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

having or deserving or conferring glory

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

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

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

any place of pain and turmoil

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

prevent from being seen or discovered

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

respectful deference

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

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From this reading _OEdip._ How! for my sake, die and not marry!

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

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

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

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

(Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

a strong sexual desire

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

any art that invokes supernatural powers

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

take in marriage

From this reading _OEdip._ How! for my sake, die and not marry!

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

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

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From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _OEdip._ How! for my sake, die and not marry!

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

relating to or associated with necromancy

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

not any; not one

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _OEdip._ How! for my sake, die and not marry!

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading O My fit returns.

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From this reading _OEdip._ How! for my sake, die and not marry!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

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

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

From this reading O My fit returns.

the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

a reason for wanting something done

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

plural of “sigh” — an utterance made by exhaling audibly

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

bound by or as if by an oath

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

carry out

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

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

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

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

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

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

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

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

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

not married or related to the unmarried state

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.

during the time that

From this reading _OEdip._ There's magic in it, take it from my sight; There's not a beam it darts, but carries hell, Hot flashing lust, and necromantic incest: Take it from these sick eyes, oh hide it from me!-- No, my Jocasta, though Thebes cast me out, While Merope's alive, I'll ne'er return.

plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _AEge._ This diamond, with a thousand kisses blest, With thousand sighs and wishes for your safety, She charged me give you, with the general homage Of our Corinthian lords.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _AEge._ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer of her age, And, for your sake, has sworn to die unmarried.