used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
anew
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
in the past
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
(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 "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
AloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
see with attention
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
Bryant's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bryant's Past.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
dwellverbUS /dwel/
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
FillsnounUS /fɪlz/
plural of “fill” — a quantity sufficient to satisfy
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
death of a person
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "They have not perish'd--no!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
knitverbUS /nɪt/
make (textiles) by knitting
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
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 Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
not any; not one
From this reading "They have not perish'd--no!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "They have not perish'd--no!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
on one occasion
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Bryant's Past.
paternaladjectiveUS /pəˈtɜːrnəl/
belonging to or inherited from one's father
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
perish'd
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They have not perish'd--no!
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiːənt/
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
reignverbUS /reɪn/
have sovereign power
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
SmilesnounUS /smaɪlz/
plural of “smile” — a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
soul's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
sprungverbUS /sprʌŋ/
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
not in physical motion
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They have not perish'd--no!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
tienounUS /taɪ/
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading "All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
which person or people
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
belonging to which person
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
the words that are spoken
From this reading Kind words, remembered voices, once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat;
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who still and cold, Fills the next grave--the beautiful and young."
