| a |
| 1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
| There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
| 2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
| I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
| 3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
| We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
| 4. art. The same; one. | |
| We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
| 5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
| A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
| He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
| 6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
| 7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
| The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
| 8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
| Stand a tiptoe. | |
| 9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
| Torn a pieces. | |
| 10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
| I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
| 11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
| 12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
| A God’s name. | |
| 13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
| King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
| To set the people a worke. | |
| 14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
| 1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
| The times, they are a-changin'. | |
| 15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
| 1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
| Jacob, when he was a dying | |
| 16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
| 17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
| I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
| 18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
| 19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
| 20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
| The name of John a Gaunt. | |
| 21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
| 22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
| person |
| 1. n. An individual; usually a human being. | |
| Each person is unique, both mentally and physically. | |
| 2. n. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represent | |
| 3. n. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. | |
| 4. n. (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being. | |
| 5. n. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing). | |
| Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats. | |
| 6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. | |
| 7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. | |
| At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person. | |
| 8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis. | |
| 9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person. | |
| 10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man. | |
| ancestral |
| 1. adj. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors | |
| an ancestral estate | |
| one's ancestral home | |
| History |
| 1. n. (alt-form, history), especially when defined as a school subject. | |
| 2. n. The aggregate of past events. | |
| History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes. | |
| 3. n. The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events. | |
| He teaches history at the university. History will not look kindly on these tyrants. He dreams of an invention that will make history. | |
| 4. n. A set of events involving an entity. | |
| What is your medical history? The family's history includes events best forgotten. | |
| 5. n. A record or narrative description of past events. | |
| I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories. | |
| 6. n. (medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family. | |
| A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy. He has a history of cancer in his family. | |
| 7. n. (computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser. | |
| I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history. | |
| 8. n. (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant. | |
| I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history. | |
| 9. n. Shared experience or interaction. | |
| There is too much history between them for them to split up now. | |
| He has had a lot of history with the police. | |
| 10. v. (obsolete) To narrate or record. | |
| ancestry |
| 1. n. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. | |
| Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison. | |
| 2. n. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. | |
| lineage |
| 1. n. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. | |
| 2. n. (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column. | |
