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Grammar : Verb
Spell : les-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛs ən

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Définition of lessoned

Origin :
  • early 13c., "a reading aloud from the Bible," also "something to be learned by a student," from Old French leçon, from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio) "a reading," noun of action from past participle stem of legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)). Transferred sense of "an occurrence from which something can be learned" is from 1580s.
  • As in rebuke : verb reprimand; criticize harshly
  • As in reprimand : verb blame, scold
  • As in reproach : verb find fault with
  • As in chide : verb criticize, lecture
Example sentences :
  • He has been purged and lessoned to humility before the throne of Zeus.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • They have not lessoned you in that proper hardihood which leads to performance.
  • Extract from : « Charlemont » by W. Gilmore Simms
  • It lessoned me finely to see him when Sir James came back into the room.
  • Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough
  • He had the Bishop's experience to lesson from, and he lessoned well.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
  • Such moralizing sounds commonplace to us who have been lessoned by the memento mori of the Middle Ages.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • They were not lessoned yet by Cohen's case, nor aware of the slipperiness of the eels of the law.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • He was conventional, and the infinite moment of meeting in paradise with his Lady was embittered by her "cold, lessoned smiles."
  • Extract from : « The Kempton-Wace Letters » by Jack London
  • He had lessoned from Spitz, and from the chief fighting dogs of the police and mail, and knew there was no middle course.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London
  • The Italians themselves, lessoned by the tragedy of 1527, looked back with no less mingled feelings upon Leo's Rome.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) » by John Addington Symonds
  • The child who trifles with the powder-match is lessoned by the explosion which destroys him.
  • Extract from : « Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia » by William Gilmore Simms

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