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The most common type of letter was that of soldier husbands to their wives. | letter | {
"name": "letter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization",
"the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech",
"owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire",
"a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct... | [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization"
] | [
"letter%1:10:00::"
] |
The most common type of letter was that of soldier husbands to their wives. | was | {
"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... | [
"be identical to; be someone or something"
] | [
"be%2:42:06::"
] |
The most common type of letter was that of soldier husbands to their wives. | soldier | {
"name": "soldier",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army",
"a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony",
"serve as a soldier in the military"
]
} | [
"an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army"
] | [
"soldier%1:18:00::"
] |
The most common type of letter was that of soldier husbands to their wives. | husbands | {
"name": "husband",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a married man; a woman's partner in marriage",
"use cautiously and frugally"
]
} | [
"a married man; a woman's partner in marriage"
] | [
"husband%1:18:00::"
] |
The most common type of letter was that of soldier husbands to their wives. | wives | {
"name": "wife",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a married woman; a man's partner in marriage"
]
} | [
"a married woman; a man's partner in marriage"
] | [
"wife%1:18:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | 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::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | often | {
"name": "often",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"many times at short intervals",
"frequently or in great quantities",
"in many cases or instances"
]
} | [
"many times at short intervals"
] | [
"often%4:02:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | addressed | {
"name": "address",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored",
"the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with",
"the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience",
"the manner of sp... | [
"direct a question at someone"
] | [
"address%2:33:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | communications | {
"name": "communication",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information",
"something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups",
"a connection allowing access between persons or places"
]
} | [
"something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups"
] | [
"communication%1:03:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | small | {
"name": "small",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the slender part of the back",
"a garment size for a small person",
"limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent",
"limited in size or scope",
"(of children and animals) young, immature",
"slight or limited; especially... | [
"(of children and animals) young, immature"
] | [
"small%5:00:00:young:00"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | children | {
"name": "child",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a young person of either sex",
"a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age",
"an immature childish person",
"a member of a clan or tribe"
]
} | [
"a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age"
] | [
"child%1:18:01::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | full | {
"name": "full",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the time when the Moon is fully illuminated",
"beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening",
"make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering",
"increase in phase",
"containing as much or as many as is possible or normal",
"constituting the... | [
"containing as much or as many as is possible or normal"
] | [
"full%3:00:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | homely | {
"name": "homely",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"lacking in physical beauty or proportion",
"having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable",
"plain and unpretentious",
"without artificial refinement or elegance"
]
} | [
"plain and unpretentious"
] | [
"homely%5:00:00:plain:01"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | advice | {
"name": "advice",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a proposal for an appropriate course of action"
]
} | [
"a proposal for an appropriate course of action"
] | [
"advice%1:10:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | are | {
"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 the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | most | {
"name": "most",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number",
"the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or ex... | [
"used to form the superlative"
] | [
"most%4:02:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | human | {
"name": "human",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage",
"characteristic of humanity",
"relating to a person",
"having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals o... | [
"characteristic of humanity"
] | [
"human%3:01:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | revealing | {
"name": "revealing",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the speech act of making something evident",
"make visible",
"make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret",
"disclose directly or through prophets",
"disclosing unint... | [
"disclosing unintentionally"
] | [
"revealing%5:00:00:informative:00"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | Civil War | {
"name": "civil_war",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a war between factions in the same country"
]
} | [
"a war between factions in the same country"
] | [
"civil_war%1:04:00::"
] |
But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these, full of homely advice, are among the most human and revealing of Civil War letters. | letters | {
"name": "letter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization",
"the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech",
"owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire",
"a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct... | [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization"
] | [
"letter%1:10:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | Rebs | {
"name": "reb",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms"
]
} | [
"`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms"
] | [
"reb%1:18:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | owned | {
"name": "own",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"have ownership or possession of",
"belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive"
]
} | [
"have ownership or possession of"
] | [
"own%2:40:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | slaves | {
"name": "slave",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person who is owned by someone",
"someone who works as hard as a slave",
"someone entirely dominated by some influence or person",
"work very hard, like a slave"
]
} | [
"a person who is owned by someone"
] | [
"slave%1:18:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | occasionally | {
"name": "occasionally",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"now and then or here and there"
]
} | [
"now and then or here and there"
] | [
"occasionally%4:02:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | include | {
"name": "include",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"have as a part, be made up out of",
"consider as part of something",
"add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category",
"allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and respo... | [
"add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category"
] | [
"include%2:30:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | letters | {
"name": "letter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization",
"the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech",
"owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire",
"a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct... | [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization"
] | [
"letter%1:10:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | admonitions | {
"name": "admonition",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)",
"a firm rebuke"
]
} | [
"cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)"
] | [
"admonition%1:10:01::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | greetings | {
"name": "greeting",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)",
"express greetings upon meeting someone",
"send greetings to",
"react to in a certain way",
"be perceived by"
]
} | [
"(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)"
] | [
"greeting%1:10:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | members | {
"name": "member",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)",
"anything that belongs to a set or class",
"an external body part that projects from the body",
"an organization that is a... | [
"one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)"
] | [
"member%1:18:00::"
] |
Rebs who owned slaves occasionally would include in their letters admonitions or greetings to members of the Negro community. | Negro | {
"name": "negro",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)",
"relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair"
]
} | [
"a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)"
] | [
"negro%1:18:00::"
] |
Occasionally they would write to the slaves. | Occasionally | {
"name": "occasionally",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"now and then or here and there"
]
} | [
"now and then or here and there"
] | [
"occasionally%4:02:00::"
] |
Occasionally they would write to the slaves. | write | {
"name": "write",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"produce a literary work",
"communicate or express by writing",
"have (one's written work) issued for publication",
"communicate (with) in writing",
"communicate by letter",
"write music",
"mark or trace on a surface",
"record data on a ... | [
"communicate or express by writing"
] | [
"write%2:32:00::"
] |
Occasionally they would write to the slaves. | slaves | {
"name": "slave",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person who is owned by someone",
"someone who works as hard as a slave",
"someone entirely dominated by some influence or person",
"work very hard, like a slave"
]
} | [
"a person who is owned by someone"
] | [
"slave%1:18:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | Early | {
"name": "early",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time",
"being or occurring at an early stage of development",
"belonging to the distant past",
"very young",
"of an early stage in the development of a... | [
"during an early stage"
] | [
"early%4:02:01::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | war | {
"name": "war",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the waging of armed conflict against an enemy",
"a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply",
"an active struggle between competing entities",
"a concerted campaign to... | [
"a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply"
] | [
"war%1:26:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | was | {
"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 the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | 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::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | uncommon | {
"name": "uncommon",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind",
"marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; -J.R.Lowell"
]
} | [
"not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind"
] | [
"uncommon%3:00:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | planters | {
"name": "planter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the owner or manager of a plantation",
"a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground",
"a decorative pot for house plants"
]
} | [
"the owner or manager of a plantation"
] | [
"planter%1:18:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | sons | {
"name": "son",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a male human offspring",
"the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)"
]
} | [
"a male human offspring"
] | [
"son%1:18:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | retain | {
"name": "retain",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"hold back within",
"allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature",
"secure and keep for possible future use or application",
"keep in one's mind"
]
} | [
"allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature"
] | [
"retain%2:41:01::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | camp | {
"name": "camp",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers",
"a group of people living together in a camp",
"temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers",
"an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose",
"a penal ins... | [
"temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers"
] | [
"camp%1:06:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | Negro | {
"name": "negro",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)",
"relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair"
]
} | [
"a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)"
] | [
"negro%1:18:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | body servants | {
"name": "body_servant",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a valet or personal maid"
]
} | [
"a valet or personal maid"
] | [
"body_servant%1:18:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | perform | {
"name": "perform",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"carry out or perform an action",
"perform a function",
"give a performance (of something)",
"get (something) done"
]
} | [
"carry out or perform an action"
] | [
"perform%2:36:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | menial | {
"name": "menial",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a domestic servant",
"used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)"
]
} | [
"used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)"
] | [
"menial%5:00:00:unskilled:00"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | chores | {
"name": "chore",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee"
]
} | [
"a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee"
] | [
"chore%1:04:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | foraging | {
"name": "foraging",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the act of searching for food and provisions",
"collect or look around for (food)",
"wander and feed"
]
} | [
"the act of searching for food and provisions"
] | [
"foraging%1:04:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | cleaning | {
"name": "cleaning",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the act of making something clean",
"make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from",
"remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits",
"clean and tidy up the house",
"clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing"... | [
"the act of making something clean"
] | [
"cleaning%1:04:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | quarters | {
"name": "quarters",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"housing available for people to live in",
"one of four equal parts",
"a district of a city having some distinguishing character",
"(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided",
"a unit of time equa... | [
"housing available for people to live in"
] | [
"quarters%1:06:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | shining | {
"name": "shining",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it",
"be bright by reflecting or casting light",
"emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light",
"be shiny, as if wet",
"be distinguished or eminent",
"be clear and obvious... | [
"the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it"
] | [
"shining%1:04:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | shoes | {
"name": "shoe",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material",
"(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time",
"U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's ho... | [
"footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material"
] | [
"shoe%1:06:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | laundering | {
"name": "laundering",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"washing clothes and bed linens",
"cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water",
"convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones"
]
} | [
"washing clothes and bed linens"
] | [
"laundering%1:04:00::"
] |
Early in the war it was not uncommon for planters ' sons to retain in camp Negro `` body servants '' to perform the menial chores such as cooking, foraging, cleaning the quarters, shining shoes, and laundering clothes. | clothes | {
"name": "clothes",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"clothing in general",
"provide with clothes or put clothes on",
"furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors",
"cover as if with clothing"
]
} | [
"clothing in general"
] | [
"clothes%1:06:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | Sometimes | {
"name": "sometimes",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always"
]
} | [
"on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always"
] | [
"sometimes%4:02:01::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | servants | {
"name": "servant",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)",
"in a subordinate position"
]
} | [
"a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)"
] | [
"servant%1:18:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | wrote | {
"name": "write",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"produce a literary work",
"communicate or express by writing",
"have (one's written work) issued for publication",
"communicate (with) in writing",
"communicate by letter",
"write music",
"mark or trace on a surface",
"record data on a ... | [
"communicate or express by writing"
] | [
"write%2:32:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | dictated | {
"name": "dictate",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an authoritative rule",
"a guiding principle",
"issue commands or orders for",
"say out loud for the purpose of recording",
"rule as a dictator"
]
} | [
"say out loud for the purpose of recording"
] | [
"dictate%2:31:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | enclosure | {
"name": "enclosure",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose",
"the act of enclosing something inside something else",
"a naturally enclosed space",
"something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a cove... | [
"the act of enclosing something inside something else"
] | [
"enclosure%1:04:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | letters | {
"name": "letter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization",
"the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech",
"owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire",
"a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct... | [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization"
] | [
"letter%1:10:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | soldier | {
"name": "soldier",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army",
"a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony",
"serve as a soldier in the military"
]
} | [
"an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army"
] | [
"soldier%1:18:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | masters | {
"name": "master",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an artist of consummate skill",
"a person who has general authority over others",
"a combatant who is able to defeat rivals",
"directs the work of others",
"presiding officer of a school",
"an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from ... | [
"a person who has general authority over others"
] | [
"master%1:18:04::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | messages | {
"name": "message",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled",
"what a communication that is about something is about",
"send a message to",
"send as a message",
"send a message"
]
} | [
"a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled"
] | [
"message%1:10:01::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | relatives | {
"name": "relative",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person related by blood or marriage",
"an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)",
"estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete",
"properly related in size or de... | [
"a person related by blood or marriage"
] | [
"relative%1:18:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | members | {
"name": "member",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)",
"anything that belongs to a set or class",
"an external body part that projects from the body",
"an organization that is a... | [
"one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)"
] | [
"member%1:18:00::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | owners | {
"name": "owner",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business",
"a person who owns something"
]
} | [
"a person who owns something"
] | [
"owner%1:18:02::"
] |
Sometimes these servants wrote or dictated for enclosure with the letters of their soldier masters messages to their relatives and to members of their owners ' families. | families | {
"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::"
] |
Unmarried soldiers carried on correspondence with sweethearts at home. | Unmarried | {
"name": "unmarried",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"not married or related to the unmarried state"
]
} | [
"not married or related to the unmarried state"
] | [
"unmarried%3:00:00::"
] |
Unmarried soldiers carried on correspondence with sweethearts at home. | soldiers | {
"name": "soldier",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army",
"a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony",
"serve as a soldier in the military"
]
} | [
"an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army"
] | [
"soldier%1:18:00::"
] |
Unmarried soldiers carried on correspondence with sweethearts at home. | carried on | {
"name": "carry_on",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"direct the course of; manage or control",
"keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last",
"continue talking; he continued,",
"misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way"
]
} | [
"direct the course of; manage or control"
] | [
"carry_on%2:41:00::"
] |
Unmarried soldiers carried on correspondence with sweethearts at home. | correspondence | {
"name": "correspondence",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"communication by the exchange of letters",
"compatibility of observations",
"the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount",
"(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividi... | [
"communication by the exchange of letters"
] | [
"correspondence%1:10:00::"
] |
Unmarried soldiers carried on correspondence with sweethearts at home. | sweethearts | {
"name": "sweetheart",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person loved by another person",
"any well-liked individual",
"a very attractive or seductive looking woman",
"privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically)"
]
} | [
"a person loved by another person"
] | [
"sweetheart%1:18:00::"
] |
Unmarried soldiers carried on correspondence with sweethearts at home. | home | {
"name": "home",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"where you live at a particular time",
"housing that someone is living in",
"the country or state or city where you live",
"(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score",
"... | [
"at or to or in the direction of one's home or family"
] | [
"home%4:02:01::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | restrained | {
"name": "restrained",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"keep under control; keep in check",
"place limits on (extent or access)",
"to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement",
"hold back",
"to compel or deter by or as if by threats",
"cool and formal in manner",
"under restrai... | [
"cool and formal in manner"
] | [
"restrained%5:00:00:undemonstrative:00"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | usages | {
"name": "usage",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the act of using",
"accepted or habitual practice",
"the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written"
]
} | [
"accepted or habitual practice"
] | [
"usage%1:04:01::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | characteristic | {
"name": "characteristic",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a prominent attribute or aspect of something",
"a distinguishing quality",
"the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2",
"any measurable property of a... | [
"typical or distinctive"
] | [
"characteristic%3:00:00::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | 19 th | {
"name": "19th",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"coming next after the eighteenth in position"
]
} | [
"coming next after the eighteenth in position"
] | [
"19th%5:00:00:ordinal:00"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | century | {
"name": "century",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a period of 100 years",
"ten 10s"
]
} | [
"a period of 100 years"
] | [
"century%1:28:00::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | America | {
"name": "america",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776",
"North America and South America and Central America"... | [
"North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776"
] | [
"america%1:15:00::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | letters | {
"name": "letter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization",
"the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech",
"owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire",
"a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct... | [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization"
] | [
"letter%1:10:00::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | usually | {
"name": "usually",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"under normal conditions"
]
} | [
"under normal conditions"
] | [
"usually%4:02:00::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | 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 the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | stereotyped | {
"name": "stereotyped",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"treat or classify according to a mental stereotype",
"lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality"
]
} | [
"lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality"
] | [
"stereotyped%5:00:00:conventional:01"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | revealed | {
"name": "reveal",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"make visible",
"make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret",
"disclose directly or through prophets"
]
} | [
"make visible"
] | [
"reveal%2:39:00::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | 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::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | depth | {
"name": "depth",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the extent downward or backward or inward",
"degree of psychological or intellectual profundity",
"(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part",
"(usually plural) a low moral state",
"the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas",
... | [
"degree of psychological or intellectual profundity"
] | [
"depth%1:07:01::"
] |
Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19 th century America, these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling. | feeling | {
"name": "feeling",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the experiencing of affective and emotional states",
"a vague idea in which some confidence is placed",
"the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people",
"a physical sensation that you experience",
"the sensat... | [
"the experiencing of affective and emotional states"
] | [
"feeling%1:03:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | Occasionally | {
"name": "occasionally",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"now and then or here and there"
]
} | [
"now and then or here and there"
] | [
"occasionally%4:02:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | gay | {
"name": "gay",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex",
"bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer",
"full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - Wordsworth",
"given to social pleasures often including dis... | [
"given to social pleasures often including dissipation"
] | [
"gay%5:00:00:indulgent:00"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | young | {
"name": "young",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"any immature animal",
"United States film and television actress (1913-2000)",
"United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)",
"British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color visi... | [
"(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth"
] | [
"young%3:00:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | blades | {
"name": "blade",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole",
"a dashing young man",
"something long and thin resembling a blade of grass",
"a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand gua... | [
"a dashing young man"
] | [
"blade%1:18:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | write | {
"name": "write",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"produce a literary work",
"communicate or express by writing",
"have (one's written work) issued for publication",
"communicate (with) in writing",
"communicate by letter",
"write music",
"mark or trace on a surface",
"record data on a ... | [
"communicate or express by writing"
] | [
"write%2:32:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | vividly | {
"name": "vividly",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"in a vivid manner"
]
} | [
"in a vivid manner"
] | [
"vividly%4:02:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | boon | {
"name": "boon",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a desirable state",
"very close and convivial"
]
} | [
"very close and convivial"
] | [
"boon%5:00:00:close:02"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | companions | {
"name": "companion",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a friend who is frequently in the company of another",
"a traveler who accompanies you",
"one paid to accompany or assist or live with another",
"be a companion to somebody"
]
} | [
"a friend who is frequently in the company of another"
] | [
"companion%1:18:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | home | {
"name": "home",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"where you live at a particular time",
"housing that someone is living in",
"the country or state or city where you live",
"(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score",
"... | [
"at or to or in the direction of one's home or family"
] | [
"home%4:02:01::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | amorous | {
"name": "amorous",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"inclined toward or displaying love",
"expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance"
]
} | [
"inclined toward or displaying love"
] | [
"amorous%5:00:01:loving:00"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | exploits | {
"name": "exploit",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a notable achievement",
"use or manipulate to one's advantage",
"draw from; make good use of",
"work excessively hard"
]
} | [
"a notable achievement"
] | [
"exploit%1:04:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | Richmond | {
"name": "richmond",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War"
]
} | [
"capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War"
] | [
"richmond%1:15:00::"
] |
Occasionally gay young blades would write vividly to boon companions at home about their amorous exploits in Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, or Nashville. | Petersburg | {
"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::"
] |
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