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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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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

“Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.”

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rebus

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɹiːbəs/Used In Literature ↓

A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.

Origin

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Common Phrases

sic rebusgestis rebus. rebuset rebusfidei rebushumanis rebusrebus derebus omnibus
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Synonyms

dingbat

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Related Words

omnibusinanerebus principleriddle me reeriddlingriddleriddlemereerubix cube

Poetry examples for “rebus”

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XIIbyWilliam Wordsworth

victories, in the middle of the sixth century. See Pitseus, _Relationes

Historicae de rebus Anglicis_, 1619, vol. i. p. 95, _De Thelesino_.

See also Sharon Turner's _History of the Anglo-Saxons_ (vol. i. book

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