Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: matter – maybe
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matter (-s), n. [ME < L. materia, the stuff of which a thing is made.] (webplay: spoken, stone).
- Affair; event.
- Import; consequence.
- [Fig.] pebbles; stones.
matter (-s), v. [see matter, n.]
To be of importance.
mattress (mattrass), n. [OFr materas.]
Cloth sewn and stuffed with hair, feathers, or straw and used as bedding.
mature (-d, -r), adj. [L. maturus, ripe, timely.] (webplay: reject, time, used).
Advanced; complete; whole; grown; ripe.
maturity, n. [see mature, adj.]
Completeness; wholeness; ripeness; perfection.
mausoleum, n. [L.]
Tomb; crypt; grave; [historical] magnificent tomb of Mausolus, King of Caria; monument erected in the middle of the 4th century B.C. at Halicarnassus by the widowed queen Artemisia; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
may (-s), n. [OE; plural noun use of the modal auxiliary verb “may”; see may, v.] (webplay: willing).
Allowance; possibility; permission; opening.
May (-s), proper n. [OFr mai < L. Maia, mother, nurse.]
- Springtime; [fig.] youth; the early days; the part of life.
- Time of blooming; season of floral abundance;[fig.] young woman personified; Roman goddess of springtime.
- Hope; faith in promises; [fig.] rebirth; renewal; resurrection; time of new life.
- Late spring; fifth month of the year in New England; [fig.] place of refuge; time of safety.
may (-est), v. [OE; present tense form of a modal auxiliary denoting ability, liberty, leave, license, permission, allowance, possibility, or futurity; see might, v.] (webplay: absent, against, best, better, chance, common, country, done, experienced, good, happened, happy, liberty, life, long, might, moral, never, people, perhaps, permit, possible, power, prayer, press, said, same, say, senses, servant, some, tell, told, used, willing).
- Can; could; be able to.
- Might; have power to; be strong enough to.
- Will; shall.
- Should; must; be allowed; have leave to.
- Can do; [lexical verb form without a subsequent infinitive phrase] have power to accomplish.
maybe, adv. [short for “it may be”.]
Perhaps; by chance; peradventure; possibly.