used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
consider or hold as true
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
bearernounUS /ˈberər/
someone whose employment involves carrying something
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
see with attention
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
bodilyadverbUS /ˈbɑːdəli/
in bodily form
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
conferredverbUS /kənˈfɜːrd/
inflected form of “confer” — have a conference in order to talk something over
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
disgraceverbUS /dɪsˈɡreɪs/
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
EMERSONnounUS /ˈemərsən/
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
From this reading * * * * * * * * EMERSON.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
be identical or equivalent to
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
Hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
heavenlyadjectiveUS /ˈhevənli/
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
journey's
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From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
the force of workers available
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
nationsnounUS /ˈneɪʃənz/
plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
nighadjectiveUS /naɪ/
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/
impressive in appearance
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
NourishverbUS /ˈnɜːrɪʃ/
provide with nourishment
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
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 noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
Paul'snounUS /pɔːlz/
possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
sleepyadjectiveUS /ˈsliːpi/
ready to fall asleep
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
SolitudenounUS /ˈsɑːlətuːd/
a state of social isolation
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
steal'st
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From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
talentnounUS /ˈtælənt/
natural abilities or qualities
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
trumpetverbUS /ˈtrʌmpət/
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
unattendedadjectiveUS /ənəˈtendɪd/
not watched
From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
unbefriended
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From this reading Think not that unattended By heavenly powers thou steal’st to Solitude, Nor yet on earth all unbefriended.
unwept
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From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading O noble heart, accept With equal thanks the talent and disgrace; The marble town unwept Nourish thy virtue in a private place.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
but in spite of that
From this reading Has God on thee conferred A bodily presence mean as Paul’s, Yet made thee bearer of a word Which sleepy nations as with trumpet calls?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Behold we draw nigh to our journey’s end,” said the elder of two young men to his companion.
