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makeless
/ˈmeɪkləs/
adj 2
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4ADJ.
done, shapeless
VERB + MAKELESS
mentioned
MAKELESS + NOUN
bride, italian
PREP.
in, up
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adj
1
Matchless, without equal, peerless.
Consider Cyrus in your cruell thought, A makelesse Prince in riches, and in might.
That which I mentioned of the makeless Bride [translating Italian unica sposa] Of God the Spirit[…]
2
Without a mate; widowed.
For, stoode it with the pleasure of his will To marrie me, my fortune is not such, So hard, that I so long should still persist Makelesse alone in wofull widowhood.
The world will wail thee, like a makeless wife.
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Consider Cyrus in your cruell thought, A makelesse Prince in riches, and in might.
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That which I mentioned of the makeless Bride [translating Italian unica sposa] Of God the Spirit[…]
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I just peeped into the Mediæval Court, in search of the mummy of a cat[…]a bright-eyed little girl directed me to her ancient feline majesty—a thing shapeless and makeless—done up in that queer old mo
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