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Shutting up or enclosing, usually referring to a religious cloister. A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.

Then the Cathedral seemed to pull again on the invisible rope, and I found myself moving down the drive like an automaton. Russell, moving like an automaton, reached under the table and retrieved Nefret's gloves.

1a : of or relating to restriction. b : serving or tending to restrict restrictive regulations. 2 : limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase. 3 : prohibiting further negotiation.

au•tom•a•ton

-tons, -ta (-tə). 1. a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot. 2. a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence.

To prognosticate means to predict something or at least hint at what will happen in the future. ... While a fortuneteller or palm reader might claim special powers for seeing into the future, you can prognosticate by looking at real evidence and making a reasonable conclusion about how events will unfold.

A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.

Miss Bingley asks Elizabeth to walk around the room with her because she wants Mr. Darcy to look at them. Lizzy is relieved that Jane is leaving the Bingley's because her mother will stop embarrassing their family. Jane is happy but sad because she likes Mr.

George Wickham is a fictional character created by Jane Austen who appears in her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. George Wickham is introduced as a militia officer who has a shared history with Mr.

The anxiety created by class-consciousness thereby becomes a self-perpetuating, warping institution. Darcy, concerned that he may affect his own reputation by linking it to the poor reputation of another, tries to avoid talking to Elizabeth entirely on the final day she spends at Netherfield.