| Pronunciation: | | 'spensur
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| Matching Terms: | | spenserian, spenserian sonnet, spenserian stanza
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599) |
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| | Synonyms: | | Edmund Spenser |
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| | See Also: | | poet |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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2. To take one's self off; to go. [Slang]
As long as George the Fourth could reign, he
reigned, And then he mizzled. --Epigram,
quoted by
Wright.
Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. --Spenser.
2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a
ghost.
Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread, Legions
of sprights. --Spenser.
To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright.
--Fairfax.
3. A kind of short arrow. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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