used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
(of mail) marked with a destination
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
rid of obstructions
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
depriveverbUS /dɪˈpraɪv/
take away possessions from someone
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
drugverbUS /drʌɡ/
administer a drug to
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
effectsnounUS /ɪˈfekts/
property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
emphaticadjectiveUS /emˈfætɪk/
spoken with emphasis
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
ethernounUS /ˈiːθər/
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
opinion or judgment
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
set up or found
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
Havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
infantnounUS /ˈɪnfənt/
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
inquirynounUS /ˌɪnˈkwaɪriː/
a search for knowledge
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
Louise
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From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
Massarte
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From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
month-old
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From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
negativeadjectiveUS /ˈneɡətɪv/
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
normaladjectiveUS /ˈnɔːrməl/
conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
preciselyadverbUS /prɪˈsaɪsli/
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
pulsenounUS /pʌls/
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
quantitynounUS /ˈkwɑːntəti/
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
reconnaissez
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From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
recoverynounUS /rɪˈkʌvri/
return to an original state
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
recurring again and again
From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
respirationnounUS /ˌrespərˈeɪʃən/
the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
speedyadjectiveUS /ˈspiːdiː/
characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
sufficedverbUS /səˈfaɪst/
past form of “suffice” — be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
syllablenounUS /ˈsɪləbəl/
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
temperaturenounUS /ˈtemprətʃər/
the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
uncommonlyadverbUS /ˌʌnˈkɑːmənli/
exceptionally
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
unusuallyadverbUS /əˈnjuːʒuːəli/
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
vous
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From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An uncommonly small quantity of that drug had sufficed to deprive her of her senses; and now her recovery was unusually speedy.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading |I watched her carefully as she recovered from the effects of the ether.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I repeated the question in French: “Louise Massarte, _me reconnaissez vous?_”--with precisely the same negative result.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had I addressed my inquiry to a month-old infant, the result would have been the same.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Having taken her respiration, her temperature, and her pulse, and having found each to be nearly normal, I looked her straight in the eyes, and demanded, making every syllable clear and emphatic, “Louise Massarte, do you know me?”
