1
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From this reading 1 AVOC: Then bring them forth to sentence.
2
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From this reading 2 AVOC: And here he comes.
addressverbUS /ˈædres/
speak to
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 2 AVOC: And here he comes.
ASIDEadverbUS /əˈsaɪd/
on or to one side
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
AVOC
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From this reading 2 AVOC: And here he comes.
betrayverbUS /bɪˈtreɪ/
reveal unintentionally
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
bringverbUS /brɪŋ/
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading 1 AVOC: Then bring them forth to sentence.
comesnounUS /kʌmz/
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading 2 AVOC: And here he comes.
CORV
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From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
distractedadjectiveUS /dɪˈstræktəd/
having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
ENTERverbUS /ˈentər/
to come or go into
From this reading [ENTER VOLTORE AND VOLPONE.]
fatherhoods
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From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
fathersnounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
plural of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
forgiveverbUS /fərˈɡɪv/
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
forthadverbUS /fɔːrθ/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading 1 AVOC: Then bring them forth to sentence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 2 AVOC: And here he comes.
hereadverbUS /hiːr/
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading 2 AVOC: And here he comes.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
honour'd
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From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
innocentsnounUS /ˈɪnəsənts/
plural of “innocent” — a person who lacks knowledge of evil
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
justicenounUS /ˈdʒʌstəs/
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
knowverbUS /noʊ/
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
mercynounUS /ˈmɜːrsi/
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
mostadverbUS /moʊst/
used to form the superlative
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
OnounUS /oʊ/
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 VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
OnceadverbUS /wʌns/
on one occasion
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
sentencenounUS /ˈsentəns/
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading 1 AVOC: Then bring them forth to sentence.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading 1 AVOC: Then bring them forth to sentence.
ThenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 1 AVOC: Then bring them forth to sentence.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 1 AVOC: Then bring them forth to sentence.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
VOLP
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From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
VOLPONE
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From this reading [ENTER VOLTORE AND VOLPONE.]
VOLTnounUS /voʊlt/
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
VOLTORE
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From this reading [ENTER VOLTORE AND VOLPONE.]
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
WhetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading VOLT: O, I know not which to address myself to first; Whether your fatherhoods, or these innocents-- CORV [ASIDE.]: Will he betray himself?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
winverbUS /wɪn/
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading VOLT: O, my most honour'd fathers, let your mercy Once win upon your justice, to forgive-- I am distracted-- VOLP [ASIDE.]: What will he do now?
