used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
appropriateverbUS /əˈproʊpriət/
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
artsnounUS /ɑːrts/
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
canting
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From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
confessornoun
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
Dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
enabledverbUS /eˈneɪbəld/
past form of “enable” — render capable or able for some task
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
an old word for “before”
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
extremitynounUS /ekˈstreməti/
an external body part that projects from the body
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
Fitz-Eustace
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From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
gottenverbUS /ˈɡɑːtən/
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
hermitnounUS /ˈhɜːrmət/
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
honestynounUS /ˈɑːnəsti/
the quality of being honest
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
how
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From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
inheritancenounUS /ˌɪnˈherətəns/
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
go away from a place
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
the force of workers available
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
the act of having and controlling property
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
purportingverbUS /pərˈpɔːrtɪŋ/
-ing form of “purport” — have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
renderverbUS /ˈrendər/
cause to become
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
shrived
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From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
testatornoun
a person who makes a will
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Doth he then deny our right to the inheritance?
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
except if; if not
From this reading "I know not, my lord, unless it be that the like arts have enabled him to appropriate it by other means than those of honesty and good faith.
which person or people
From this reading The Lady Fitz-Eustace had a fair copy of the deed, purporting to be sent by the holy confessor who shrived the testator in his extremity.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But give me a band of men, together with leave so to deal with him as I shall see fit, and I trust ere long to render a good account of the matter.
the act of creating written works
From this reading But how hath this canting hermit gotten the writing into his possession?"
