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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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adjective

Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.

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attendance

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/əˈtɛn.dəns/Used In Literature ↓

The state of attending; presence or waiting upon.

In a Sentence

Attendance at the meeting is required.

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for attendance

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

In 1711, competence, if not plenty, was again put into his power. He

was, without the trouble of attendance or the mortification of a request,

made Gazetteer. Swift, Freind, Prior, and other men of the same party,

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The malice of his enemies had, however, a very fatal consequence: the

delay constrained his attendance in London, where he caught the smallpox,

and died in 1703, in the thirty-sixth year of his age.

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academician's place were profitable, it would be given by interest; if

attendance were gratuitous, it would be rarely paid, and no man would

endure the least disgust. Unanimity is impossible, and debate would

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