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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.
religious
     1. adj. Concerning religion.
           It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
     2. adj. Committed to the practice of religion.
           I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
     3. adj. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
           I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
     4. n. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
recluse
     1. adj. (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
           a recluse monk or hermit
     2. adj. (now rare) Hidden, secret.
     3. n. A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
     4. n. (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
     5. n. (US) A brown recluse spider.
     6. v. (obsolete) To shut; to seclude.
someone
     1. pron. Some person.
           Can someone help me, please?
     2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person.
           Do you need a gift for that special someone?
     3. n. an important person
           He thinks he has become someone.
Who
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, who
     2. pron. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; (asks for the identity of someone). (used in a direct or indirect question)
           Who is that? (direct question)
           I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
     3. pron. (interrogative) What is one's position; (asks whether someone deserves to say or do something).
           I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse.
     4. pron. (relative) The person or people that.
           It was a nice man who helped us.
     5. pron. (relative, archaic) Whoever, he who, they who.
     6. n. A person under discussion; a question of which person.
lives
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of live
     2. n. plural of life
     live
          1. v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
                He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
          2. v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
                I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.
          3. v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
                Her memory lives in that song.
          4. v. (intransitive, hyperbole) To cope.
                You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.
          5. v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
                It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.
          6. v. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
                To live an idle or a useful life.
          7. v. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
          8. v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
                No ship could live in such a storm.
          9. v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
                It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.
          10. v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
                I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!
          11. adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
                The post office will not ship live animals.
          12. adj. Being in existence; actual
                He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
          13. adj. Having active properties; being energized.
          14. adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
          15. adj. Taken from a living animal.
                live feathers
          16. adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
                the live spindle of a lathe
                a live, or driving, axle
          17. adj. (sports) Still in active play.
                a live ball
          18. adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
                The station presented a live news program every evening.
          19. adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
                This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
          20. adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
          21. adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
                The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
          22. adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
                Use caution when working near live wires.
          23. adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
                Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
          24. adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
          25. adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
                a live coal; live embers
          26. adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
                a live man, or orator
          27. adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
          28. adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
                The concert was broadcast live by radio.
          29. adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.
                He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
          30. n. (obsolete) life.
alone
     1. adj. By oneself, solitary.
           I can't ask for help because I am alone.
     2. adj. Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
           Jones alone could do it.
     3. adj. Considered separately.
     4. adj. Without equal.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless.
     6. adv. By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
           She walked home alone.
     7. adv. Without outside help.
           The job was too hard for me to do alone.
     8. adv. Exclusively.
           The responsibility is theirs alone.
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
religious
     1. adj. Concerning religion.
           It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
     2. adj. Committed to the practice of religion.
           I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
     3. adj. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
           I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
     4. n. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
reasons
     1. n. plural of reason
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of reason
     reason
          1. n. A cause:
          2. n.          That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
                        The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.
          3. n.          A motive for an action or a determination.
                        The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.
                        If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't.
          4. n.          An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
          5. n. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
                Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.
          6. n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
          7. n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
          8. v. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
          9. v. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
          10. v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.
          11. v. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
                I reasoned the matter with my friend.
          12. v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
          13. v. To persuade by reasoning or argument.
                to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan
          14. v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
                to reason down a passion
          15. v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
                to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon
an
     1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
     2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
     3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
     4. conj. (archaic) If
     5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
           An it harm none, do what ye will.
     6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
     7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
     8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
           I was only going twenty miles an hour.
eremite
     1. n. A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary