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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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mil

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/mɪl/Used In Literature ↓

An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.

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. milstd mil1 million milmil permil demil circularmil one
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Poetry examples for mil

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a circumstance, which, till I saw this ode, seemed wanting to complete the amiable union

which reigned between them. In the third stanza, the reader will see an authority for Mil*

Khi*s use of the word rime for verse in general,

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yes,crumbles hand(ful released conarefetti)ev eryflitter,inga. where

mil(lions of aflickf)litter ing brightmillion ofS hurl;edindodg:ing

whom areEyes shy-dodge is bright cruMbshandful,quick-hurl edinwho

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