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What he really wants is to find `` a sacred cause '' to which he can honestly devote himself.
find
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[ "come upon, as if by accident; meet with" ]
[ "find%2:40:02::" ]
What he really wants is to find `` a sacred cause '' to which he can honestly devote himself.
sacred
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[ "worthy of respect or dedication" ]
[ "sacred%5:00:00:worthy:00" ]
What he really wants is to find `` a sacred cause '' to which he can honestly devote himself.
cause
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[ "a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end" ]
[ "cause%1:04:01::" ]
What he really wants is to find `` a sacred cause '' to which he can honestly devote himself.
honestly
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[ "(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that" ]
[ "honestly%4:02:00::" ]
What he really wants is to find `` a sacred cause '' to which he can honestly devote himself.
devote
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[ "give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause" ]
[ "devote%2:32:00::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
restless
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[ "worried and uneasy" ]
[ "restless%5:00:00:discontented:00" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
individualism
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[ "the quality of being individual" ]
[ "individualism%1:07:00::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
found
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[ "obtain through effort or management" ]
[ "find%2:40:03::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
answer
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[ "a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem" ]
[ "answer%1:10:02::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
returned
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[ "go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before" ]
[ "return%2:38:00::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
live
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[ "inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of" ]
[ "live%2:42:08::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
nearly
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[ "(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but" ]
[ "nearly%4:02:00::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
rest
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[ "something left after other parts have been taken away" ]
[ "rest%1:24:00::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
life
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[ "life%1:26:02::" ]
This restless individualism found its answer when he returned to live nearly all the rest of his life in Sweden.
Sweden
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[ "a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula" ]
[ "sweden%1:15:00::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
cause
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[ "a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end" ]
[ "cause%1:04:01::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
was
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[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
commemorate
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[ "call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony" ]
[ "commemorate%2:31:00::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
glory
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[ "brilliant radiant beauty", "a state of high honor" ]
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His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
past
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[ "past%1:28:00::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
incite
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[ "incite%2:32:00::", "incite%2:36:00::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
people
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[ "the body of citizens of a state or country" ]
[ "people%1:14:01::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
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[ "cause to continue or prevail" ]
[ "perpetuate%2:42:00::" ]
His cause was to commemorate the glory of her past and to incite her people to perpetuate it in the present.
present
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[ "the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech" ]
[ "present%1:28:00::" ]
He did not, however, find himself at once.
not
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[ "negation of a word or group of words" ]
[ "not%4:02:00::" ]
He did not, however, find himself at once.
find himself
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[ "accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation" ]
[ "find_oneself%2:30:00::" ]
He did not, however, find himself at once.
at once
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[ "without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening" ]
[ "at_once%4:02:00::" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
next
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[ "immediately following in time or order" ]
[ "next%5:00:00:succeeding:00" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
major
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[ "of greater importance or stature or rank" ]
[ "major%3:00:06::" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
work
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[ "a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing" ]
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His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
completed
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[ "come or bring to a finish or an end" ]
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His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
was
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His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
long
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[ "primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified" ]
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His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
fantastic
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[ "existing in fancy only; - Nathaniel Hawthorne" ]
[ "fantastic%5:00:00:unreal:00" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
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His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
prose
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[ "ordinary writing as distinguished from verse" ]
[ "prose%1:10:00::" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
entitled
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[ "give a title to" ]
[ "entitle%2:32:00::" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
Professor Bo
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His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
describes
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[ "give a description of" ]
[ "describe%2:32:00::" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
monument
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[ "a structure erected to commemorate persons or events" ]
[ "monument%1:06:00::" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
grave
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[ "a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)" ]
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His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
carefree
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[ "free of trouble and worry and care" ]
[ "carefree%5:00:00:untroubled:00" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
indolent
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[ "disinclined to work or exertion" ]
[ "indolent%5:00:00:idle:00" ]
His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.
youth
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[ "the time of life between childhood and maturity" ]
[ "youth%1:28:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
hero
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
is
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
represented
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[ "represent%2:41:02::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
pilgrim
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
lands
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
East
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
sort of
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
Faustus
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
type
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
quote
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
Professor Bo
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
again
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
even
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The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
pleasure
{ "name": "pleasure", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience", "something or someone that provides a source of happiness", "a formal expression", "an activity that affords enjoyment", "sexual gratification" ] }
[ "a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience" ]
[ "pleasure%1:12:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
gardens
{ "name": "garden", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a plot of ground where plants are cultivated", "the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden", "a yard or lawn adjoining a house", "work in the garden" ] }
[ "the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden" ]
[ "garden%1:14:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
not
{ "name": "not", "sense_definitions_list": [ "negation of a word or group of words" ] }
[ "negation of a word or group of words" ]
[ "not%4:02:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
cease
{ "name": "cease", "sense_definitions_list": [ "(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end", "put an end to a state or an activity", "have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical" ] }
[ "put an end to a state or an activity" ]
[ "cease%2:42:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
painful
{ "name": "painful", "sense_definitions_list": [ "causing physical or psychological pain", "causing misery or pain or distress", "exceptionally bad or displeasing", "causing physical discomfort" ] }
[ "causing physical or psychological pain" ]
[ "painful%3:00:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
search
{ "name": "search", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone", "an investigation seeking answers", "an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property", "the examination of alternative hypotheses", ...
[ "the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone" ]
[ "search%1:04:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
meaning
{ "name": "meaning", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the message that is intended or expressed or signified", "the idea that is intended", "mean or intend to express or convey", "have as a logical consequence", "denote or connote", "have in mind as a purpose", "have a specified degree of im...
[ "the message that is intended or expressed or signified" ]
[ "meaning%1:10:00::" ]
The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Bo ^ o ^ k again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.
life
{ "name": "life", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a characteristic state or mode of living", "the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities", "the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living", "the condition of living or the state of bein...
[ "the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities" ]
[ "life%1:09:00::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
driven
{ "name": "drive", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of applying force to propel something", "a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine", "a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end", "a road leading up to a private house", "the trait of...
[ "to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly" ]
[ "drive%2:41:02::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
back
{ "name": "back", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine", "the side that goes last or is not normally seen", "the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer", "(football) a person who plays in the backfield", ...
[ "in or to or toward a former location" ]
[ "back%4:02:04::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
yearning
{ "name": "yearning", "sense_definitions_list": [ "prolonged unfulfilled desire or need", "desire strongly or persistently", "have a desire for something or someone who is not present", "have affection for; feel tenderness for" ] }
[ "prolonged unfulfilled desire or need" ]
[ "yearning%1:12:00::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
wintry
{ "name": "wintry", "sense_definitions_list": [ "characteristic of or occurring in winter", "devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain" ] }
[ "characteristic of or occurring in winter" ]
[ "wintry%3:00:00::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
homeland
{ "name": "homeland", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the country where you were born" ] }
[ "the country where you were born" ]
[ "homeland%1:15:00::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
fathers
{ "name": "father", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)", "the founder of a family", "`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in th...
[ "a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)" ]
[ "father%1:18:00::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
forest
{ "name": "forest", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area", "land that is covered with trees and shrubs", "establish a forest on previously unforested land" ] }
[ "land that is covered with trees and shrubs" ]
[ "forest%1:17:00::" ]
He is driven back by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden ''.
Tiveden
{ "name": "location", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a point or extent in space", "the act of putting something in a certain place", "a determination of the place where something is", "a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made" ] }
[ "a point or extent in space" ]
[ "location%1:03:00::" ]
From this time on Heidenstam proceeded to find his deeper self.
time
{ "name": "time", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an instance or single occasion for some event", "a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something", "an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)", "a suitable moment", ...
[ "an instance or single occasion for some event" ]
[ "time%1:11:00::" ]
From this time on Heidenstam proceeded to find his deeper self.
Heidenstam
{ "name": "person", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a human being", "a human body (usually including the clothing)", "a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party" ] }
[ "a human being" ]
[ "person%1:03:00::" ]
From this time on Heidenstam proceeded to find his deeper self.
proceeded
{ "name": "proceed", "sense_definitions_list": [ "continue talking; he continued,", "move ahead; travel onward in time or space", "follow a procedure or take a course", "follow a certain course", "continue a certain state, condition, or activity" ] }
[ "continue talking; he continued," ]
[ "proceed%2:32:00::" ]
From this time on Heidenstam proceeded to find his deeper self.
find
{ "name": "find", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a productive insight", "the act of discovering something", "come upon, as if by accident; meet with", "discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of", "come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost", ...
[ "come upon, as if by accident; meet with" ]
[ "find%2:40:02::" ]
From this time on Heidenstam proceeded to find his deeper self.
deeper
{ "name": "deep", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the central and most intense or profound part", "a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor", "literary term for an ocean", "relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply", "marked by depth of thinking", "having great spatial extension o...
[ "marked by depth of thinking" ]
[ "deep%5:00:00:profound:00" ]
From this time on Heidenstam proceeded to find his deeper self.
self
{ "name": "self", "sense_definitions_list": [ "your consciousness of your own identity", "a person considered as a unique individual", "(used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self" ] }
[ "your consciousness of your own identity" ]
[ "self%1:09:00::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
death
{ "name": "death", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the event of dying or departure from life", "the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism", "the absence of life or state of being dead", "the time when something ends", "the time at which life ends; continuing unti...
[ "the event of dying or departure from life" ]
[ "death%1:11:00::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
father
{ "name": "father", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)", "the founder of a family", "`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in th...
[ "a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)" ]
[ "father%1:18:00::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
come into
{ "name": "come_into", "sense_definitions_list": [ "obtain, especially accidentally" ] }
[ "obtain, especially accidentally" ]
[ "come_into%2:40:00::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
possession
{ "name": "possession", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of having and controlling property", "anything owned or possessed", "being controlled by passion or the supernatural", "a mania restricted to one thing or idea", "a territory that is controlled by a ruling state", "the trait of res...
[ "the act of having and controlling property" ]
[ "possession%1:04:00::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
family
{ "name": "family", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a social unit living together", "primary social group; parents and children", "a collection of things sharing a common attribute", "people descended from a common ancestor", "a person having kinship with another or others", "(biology) a taxono...
[ "primary social group; parents and children" ]
[ "family%1:14:00::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
estate
{ "name": "estate", "sense_definitions_list": [ "everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities", "extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use", "a major social class or order of persons regarded collect...
[ "everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities" ]
[ "estate%1:21:02::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
re-assumed
{ "name": "re-assume", "sense_definitions_list": [ "take on again, as after a time lapse" ] }
[ "take on again, as after a time lapse" ]
[ "re-assume%2:30:00::" ]
By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.
traditions
{ "name": "tradition", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an inherited pattern of thought or action", "a specific practice of long standing" ] }
[ "a specific practice of long standing" ]
[ "tradition%1:09:02::" ]
He did not, however, settle back into acquiescence with things as they were.
not
{ "name": "not", "sense_definitions_list": [ "negation of a word or group of words" ] }
[ "negation of a word or group of words" ]
[ "not%4:02:00::" ]
He did not, however, settle back into acquiescence with things as they were.
settle
{ "name": "settle", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a long wooden bench with a back", "settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground", "bring to an end; settle conclusively", "settle conclusively; come to terms", "take up residence and become established", "come to terms", "go unde...
[ "become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style" ]
[ "settle%2:30:02::" ]
He did not, however, settle back into acquiescence with things as they were.
back
{ "name": "back", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine", "the side that goes last or is not normally seen", "the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer", "(football) a person who plays in the backfield", ...
[ "in or to or toward an original condition" ]
[ "back%4:02:05::" ]
He did not, however, settle back into acquiescence with things as they were.
acquiescence
{ "name": "acquiescence", "sense_definitions_list": [ "acceptance without protest", "agreement with a statement or proposal to do something" ] }
[ "acceptance without protest" ]
[ "acquiescence%1:26:00::" ]
He did not, however, settle back into acquiescence with things as they were.
things
{ "name": "thing", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a special situation", "an action", "a special abstraction", "an artifact", "an event", "a vaguely specified concern", "a statement regarded as an object", "an entity that is not named specifically", "any attribute or quality conside...
[ "a special situation" ]
[ "thing%1:26:00::" ]
He did not, however, settle back into acquiescence with things as they were.
were
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have an existence, be extant", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::", "be%2:42:03::" ]
Like his friend and contemporary August Strindberg he had little patience with collective mediocrity.
friend
{ "name": "friend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person you know well and regard with affection and trust", "an associate who provides cooperation or assistance", "a person with whom you are acquainted", "a person who backs a politician or a team etc.", "a member of the Religious Society of Fr...
[ "a person you know well and regard with affection and trust" ]
[ "friend%1:18:00::" ]
Like his friend and contemporary August Strindberg he had little patience with collective mediocrity.
contemporary
{ "name": "contemporary", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person of nearly the same age as another", "characteristic of the present", "belonging to the present time", "occurring in the same period of time" ] }
[ "a person of nearly the same age as another" ]
[ "contemporary%1:18:00::" ]
Like his friend and contemporary August Strindberg he had little patience with collective mediocrity.
August Strindberg
{ "name": "person", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a human being", "a human body (usually including the clothing)", "a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party" ] }
[ "a human being" ]
[ "person%1:03:00::" ]
Like his friend and contemporary August Strindberg he had little patience with collective mediocrity.
had
{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...
[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
Like his friend and contemporary August Strindberg he had little patience with collective mediocrity.
little
{ "name": "little", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a small amount or duration", "limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent", "(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some", "(of children and animals) youn...
[ "(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some" ]
[ "little%3:00:03::" ]
Like his friend and contemporary August Strindberg he had little patience with collective mediocrity.
patience
{ "name": "patience", "sense_definitions_list": [ "good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence", "a card game played by one person" ] }
[ "good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence" ]
[ "patience%1:07:00::" ]