Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: there – these
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there (-'ll, -'s), adv. [OE þœr.]
- At that place; in that location.
- In reality; in existence; [phatic subject construction with modal and be-verb.]
- Thither; to that place; [as opposed to here.]
- Phrase. “There is/there are”: certainly exists; [phatic subject construction with be-verb.].
thereafter, adv. [see there, adv. + after, prep.]
Later; after that moment; after that time.
thereat, adv. [see there, adv. + at, prep.]
There; at the place mentioned.
therefore, adv. [see there, adv. + fore, prep.]
Hence; thus; consequently.
therefrom, adv. [see there, adv. + from, prep.]
Thence; from this.
therein, adv. [see there, adv. + in, prep.]
In that place.
thereon, adv. [see there, adv. + on, prep.]
There; [fig.] upon it.
Thermopylae, proper n. [Gk thermos, hot + Gk pulai, gates, doors, refers to hot sulphur springs.]
Greek battle site; narrow mountain pass between Thessaly and Locris; place where a small Greek force temporarily withheld a Persian invasion in 480 B.C.; [fig.] hero; obedient warrior; memorial for soldiers; inscription that reads “go tell it to the Spartan strangers passing by, that here, obedient to their laws we lie” (see ED letters).
these, demonstrative adj. [see this, demonstrative pron.]
The ones indicated.
these, demonstrative pron. [see this, demonstrative pron.]
The ones indicated.