Emily Dickinson Lexicon

artist (-s), n. [Fr. < L. ars, art.] (webplay: hands).

1. Painter; person who draws; one who uses tools to render images; master of drawing, sketching, or painting; [fig.] sunrise or sunset colors; lights and shapes of clouds in the sky at dusk or dawn.
2. Craftsman; builder; creator; skillful worker; one having a special trade or skill.

artless, adj. [L. ars.]

Innocent; natural; guileless; simple; sincere; pure; unfeigned; without manipulation; [fig.] priceless; inestimable; without worldly value.

as, adv. [reduced form of OE alswá < all-so, wholly so, quite so, just so; see also, adv.] (webplay: appoint, as far as we can see, as he spoke, as if, be as Gods, bliss, can, commanded, deal, do, equal(ly). , even, examination, explained, formerly, Garden of Eden, good, great, knowing, like, manner, office, relations, require, same, time, uncertain, while).

1. So; equally; that amount; to that degree; to the same extent.
2. Phrase. “Much as”: like that; similar to; to the degree of.
3. Phrases. “As [adv.] as”: thus … like; so … like; in that degree; to that extent; in the same manner.
4. Phrase. “As well”: also; in the same way.
5. Phrase. “As yet”: until now; up to this time.
6. Phrase. “So much as”: even.

as, conj. [see as, adv.]

1. While; when; during the time that.
2. Phrase [conj. for adverbial clause.] “As if”: seemingly; hypothetically like.
3. Phrase. “Just as”: like; in the same manner that.

as, prep. [see as, adv.]

1. Like; similarly; additionally; analogous to; parallel to; in common with; with the qualities of [used for similes and analogies.]
2. Compared with; in comparison to; in the manner of.
3. Phrase. “Such as”: like; for example.
4. Phrase. “Late as this”: even now; up until today; in the present time.

a sailing, v. [see sail, v.]

Moving on water; gliding in a vessel; traveling in a boat; [prothesis] sailing; a'sailing.

ascend (-ed, -ing), v. [L. ad- to + scenděre, climb.] (webplay: above, air, come above the horizon, first, go, gone, heaven, highth, hill, life, mean, northward, note, remotest, risen, star, sun, time, tree, upward, visible).

1. Rise; lift; soar; move upwards in the air.
2. [Music] grow in volume; rise in sound, pitch, or emotional intensity.
3. Disappear; move up out of view; [fig.] die; go to heaven; leave mortality.
4. Approach by intense effort.
5. Climb; scale; move upwards on a surface.

ascension, n. [see ascend, v.]

Act of rising; ability to go up; [fig.] resurrection.

ascertain (-ed), v. [see certain, adj.] (webplay: ascertain a majority in the House, certainty, fact, know, majority, mind, truth).

1. Witness; verify; certify; see firsthand; personally experience; gain direct knowledge of.
2. Understand; comprehend; discern; discover; read.
3. Define; examine; measure.
4. Examine; explore; scrutinize; investigate; inspect.
5. Perceive; realize; recognize.

ascetic, adj. [Gk 'monk', 'hermit', 'exercised, hardened'.]

Abstemious; austere; celibate; reclusive; rigorous; spare; engaged in devotions and mortifications; [fig.] colder and less colorful; less beautiful in nature.