Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: narrate – naughty
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narrate (-s), v. [L. 'to relate, recount'.]
Tell; report; give an account of; relate the particulars of.
narrow, adj. [OE nearu, unpleasant, dismal, sad, distressed.]
- Strait; constricted; [fig.] rigorous; demanding; strenuous; hard to pass through.
- Squinting; partially closed; [fig.] critical; prejudiced; scrutinizing; lacking sympathy.
- Thin; sparse.
- Small; limited; of little extent; [fig.] modest; mortal.
- Scanty; meager; not generous.
- Near; within a small distance.
- Pinched; constraining.
narrow, adv. [see narrow, adj.]
Cautiously; distrustfully; inspecting; with scrutiny.
narrow (-ing), v. [OE nearwian, to compress, constrain, afflict.]
Press close; become nearer.
narrowly, adv. [see narrow, adj.]
Closely; sparingly; without much extent.
nation (-s), n. [Fr. < L. 'breed, stock, race'.]
- Principalities; empires; countries of the world; people throughout the history of the earth.
- Government; state; commonwealth.
- Generation; population; body of people.
- Community; collection; multitude; [fig.] congregation; [metaphor] group of insects.
- Domain; dominion; kingdom; [fig.] empowerment.
- Species; group of creatures.
native, adj. [Fr. < L. 'produced by birth, innate, natural'.]
- Natural; innate; [fig.] mortal; temporal; earthly.
- Original; prototypic; archetypal; previous; earlier.
- Customary; familiar.
- Common; ordinary.
- Phrase. “native town”: birthplace; hometown; place of origin.
- Phrase. “Native Land”: homeland; [fig.] Zion; heaven; gathering of the Lord's lost sheep.
natural, adj. [see nature, n.]
Predictable; regular; normal; to be expected; in accordance with the laws of the universe.
nature (-s, -'s), n. [Fr. < L. 'birth, constitution, character, course of things'.]
- World; earthly law; order of the universe.
- Self; psyche; being.
- Habit; inherent characteristic; normal trait; typical way of being.
- Essence; substance; constitution; makeup.
- Person; character; creature; entity; mortal; someone; soul; individual; human being.
- Deity; the Creator; the Supreme Being.
- Reality; cosmos; [definition poem by ED] vision, paradise, sound, concord, and consciousness.
- Providence; the earth with its beauty and sustenance.
- Dasein; physics; eternal matter; law of the material dimension.
- Creation; the earth; the non-human aspects of the planet, such as plants, animals, weather, and so forth; [personification] the goddess who rules the seasons.
- Existence; the ambiance; the air; the atmosphere.
- Disposition; character; personality.
- Physical law.
- Phrase. “Human Nature”: fallibility; frailty; weakness; infirmity; personal folly.
- Phrase. “Human Nature”: mortality; company of others; the society of living people.
naughty, adj. [OE nówiht, nothing.]
Disobedient; misbehaved; mischievous as a child.