Alcon's
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From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
barknounUS /bɑːrk/
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
beeches
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From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
betwixtprepositionUS /biˈtwɪkst/
an old word for “between”
From this reading I writ, and sung betwixt.
boastverbUS /boʊst/
show off
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
Codrus
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From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
commendverbUS /kəˈmend/
express approval of
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
one or the other of two
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
flocknounUS /flɑːk/
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
inspiredadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈspaɪərd/
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
in the recent past
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
laysnounUS /leɪz/
plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
MOPSUS
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From this reading MOPSUS.
mournverbUS /mɔːrn/
feel sadness
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
Phyllis
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From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
on the contrary
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
sungnounUS /sʌŋ/
the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
From this reading I writ, and sung betwixt.
swainnounUS /sweɪn/
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
tendverbUS /tend/
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
Tityrus
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From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
literature in metrical form
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
belonging to which person
From this reading Now bring the swain, Whose voice you boast, and let him try the strain.
writnounUS /rɪt/
(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
From this reading Or shall I rather the sad verse repeat, Which on the beeches bark I lately writ?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Begin you first; if either Alcon's praise, Or dying Phyllis, have inspired your lays; If her you mourn, or Codrus you commend, Begin, and Tityrus your flock shall tend.
