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All
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From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
cannot
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
cite
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conceive
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
etymology
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fire
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From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
glossological
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From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
guide
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From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
Hazlitt
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
Lovelace
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From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
meaning
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From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
merely
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From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
Mr
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
note
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From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
now
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From this reading “Where now one _so so_ spatters, t’other: no!” (p.
o'er
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Where now one _so so_ spatters, t’other: no!” (p.
p
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From this reading “Where now one _so so_ spatters, t’other: no!” (p.
purer
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
raved
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From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
reaved
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
Richardson
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From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
safe
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From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Where now one _so so_ spatters, t’other: no!” (p.
spatters
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From this reading “Where now one _so so_ spatters, t’other: no!” (p.
suggestion
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From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
surprising
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From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
t'other
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From this reading “Where now one _so so_ spatters, t’other: no!” (p.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
thoughts
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From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The meaning of Lovelace was, “the fire _that_ raved.”
way
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From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where now one _so so_ spatters, t’other: no!” (p.
whole
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From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
Worcester
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From this reading All that Worcester does for the etymology, by the way, is to cite Richardson, no safe guide.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But what Mr. Hazlitt would make with “reaved o’er my purer thoughts,” we cannot conceive.
written
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From this reading On the whole, we think he must have written the note merely to make his surprising glossological suggestion.