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he
1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
2. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
5. n. (informal) A male.
Alex totally is a he.
6. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
proclaimed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of proclaim
proclaim
1. v. To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.
2. v. To announce or declare.
Himself
1. pron. honoraltcaps, himself
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
He injured himself.
3. pron. (emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
He was injured himself.
4. pron. (Ireland, otherwise archaic) (The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate;) he himself.
5. pron. (Ireland) (The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate;) he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
Has himself come down to breakfast yet?
Have you seen himself yet this morning?
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.
born
1. v. past of bear; given birth to.
2. v. (obsolete) past of bear in other senses.
3. adj. Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
be born
1. v. To come into existence through birth.
again
1. adv. Another time; once more.
2. adv. Over and above a factor of one.
3. adv. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
Great, thanks again!
4. adv. Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
What's that called again?
5. adv. I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.
6. adv. Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.
7. adv. (obsolete) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
Bring us word again.
8. adv. Back (to a former place or state).
We need to bring the old customs to life again.
The South will rise again.
9. adv. (obsolete) In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
10. adv. (obsolete) In any other place.
11. adv. (obsolete) On the other hand.
12. adv. Moreover; besides; further.
13. prep. (obsolete or dialectal) Against.
Christian
1. n. A believer in Christianity.
2. n. An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
3. adj. (not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
4. adj. (not comparable) Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
5. adj. Kind, charitable; moral; a term of approbation.
That's very Christian of you.
during
1. prep. For all of a given time interval.
I lived with my parents during the 1970s.
The shop was one of the few able to stay open during the war.
2. prep. At any time or period within a given time interval.
I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s.
Many of the best examples were produced during the Restoration.
3. v. present participle of dure
dure
1. v. (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
2. adj. (obsolete) hard; harsh; severe; rough
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.
church
1. n. A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.
There is a lovely little church in the valley.
This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.
2. n. Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.
These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.
3. n. A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
4. n. A particular denomination of Christianity.
The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
5. n. (as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
6. n. (informal) A (non-Christian) religion; a religious group.
She goes to a Wiccan church down the road.
7. n. (obsolete) assembly
8. v. (transitive, now historical) To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).
9. v. To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.
retreat
1. n. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
2. n. The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
3. n. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
4. n. (rare) An peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
5. n. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
6. n. A period of meditation, prayer or study.
7. n. Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
8. n. A signal for a military withdrawal.
9. n. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
10. n. A military ceremony to lower the flag.
11. n. (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
12. v. (of military forces) To withdraw from a position, go back.
13. v. (of a glacier) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
14. v. To slope back.
a retreating forehead
15. v. To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.

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