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Heavens

//ˈhɛvənz// intj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

    "“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noun
  1. 1
    The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars. often, plural, plural-only

    "For what obſcured light the heauens did grant,[…]"

  2. 2
    the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected wordnet
  3. 3
    plural of heaven: the abode of God or the gods; the abode of the blessed departed. form-of, plural, plural-only

    "Like the Buddhas, they [the Jains] believe that there is a plurality of heavens and hells;"

  4. 4
    plural of heaven: the near sky of the weather, etc. form-of, plural, plural-only, rare
  5. 5
    plural of heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence. form-of, plural, plural-only, rare

    "[…]after that thou ſhalt haue knowen that the heauens doe rule."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of heaven form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Variant of Evans.

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