A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
"'Tis not mine to forget. Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well. Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!" --G. MELLEN. PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"'Tis not mine to forget.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
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From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading "'Tis not mine to forget.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading --G. MELLEN.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
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From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
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From this reading --G. MELLEN.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "'Tis not mine to forget.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "'Tis not mine to forget.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
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From this reading "'Tis not mine to forget.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "'Tis not mine to forget.
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From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
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From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
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From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
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From this reading PAST the roses, past the fragrant mignonette they go, the moon's soft radiance rendering still more fair the whiteness of their rounded arms.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Memory plays tyrant with me, by a wand I cannot master!"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet can I not Remember what I would or what were well.
