Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: ought – outglow
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ought, v. [see owe, v.; past tense form as periphrastic modal.]
Phrase. “Ought to”: should; must; need to; be obligated; have responsibility; can be expected to.
our, adj. [OE úser.]
- Preceding; prior to us [indicates people who lived before one's time.]
- Familiar to us [indicates a well-known entity.]
- Part of us [indicates a physical connection.]
- Belonging to us; [indicates ownership.]
- Related to us [indicates family tie.]
ours (our's), pron. [see our, adj.]
One's own; one pertaining to us.
ourself (ourselves), pron. [ME us selven; see our, adj. + self, n.]
- We; us.
- Each other; one another [reflexive.]
- The two of us.
out, adv. [OE út.]
- Manifest; to show; to display; to exhibit; to present; to expose; to reveal.
- There; in that place.
- Away; separated; removed; spaced.
- Loose; free; unbound; not imprisoned; [fig.] alive; escape from the mortal body.
- Gone; empty; exhausted; used up.
- Omitted; erased; deleted; as an ellipsis.
- Moving beyond.
- Excluded; not included.
- Expired; snuffed; extinguished; [fig.] dead.
- Forward; forth; onward; advancing.
- Phrase. “Out of sight”: gone; away from view; [fig.] transported; translated; carried off; invisible to mortal beings.
- Phrase. “Find/finding out” (see also find, v.): discovering; realizing; beginning to understand; coming to know.
out, prep. [see out, adv.]
- Among; the group of; the selection of; a wide variety of.
- Phrase. “Out of town”: gone; beyond; departed; traveling; on vacation; no longer in the vicinity; [fig.] wilted; not in season.
- Phrase. “Out of”: lacking; depleted from having.
outcast, adj. [see outcast, n.]
Friendless; repulsive; rejected; spurned; disdained.
outcast (-'s), n. [see out, adv. + cast, v.]
- Pariah; rejected one; despised person; [fig.] hermit; recluse.
- Stranger; foreigner; outsider; transient one; homeless person.
outfable (-s), v. [see fable, v.]
Outdo; exceed; surpass; transcend; be better than.
outglow, v. [see out, adv. + glow, v.]
Shine more brightly; overcome by radiating light.