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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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underwent

Part of SpeechverbUsed In Literature ↓

To go or move under or beneath.

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Poetry examples for underwent

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

While the poems were thus rearranged, the canon also underwent some

alteration. One poem, viz. Basse's _Epitaph on Shakespeare_ ('Renowned

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of the Soule_, and certain of the _Letters_ to noble ladies, the text

underwent considerable alteration as the volume passed through the

press. Some copies are more correct than others. A few of the errors

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