still

«still» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: always, continually — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

always, continually

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Continually or always, going on without stopping. tree →

how it differs from today

Today still usually means even now, or without moving. The first sentence uses the old sense of continually; the second uses today's sense of motionless; the third uses today's sense of even now.

examples

• And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. (Torah GEN.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• But Night stood still and mute. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
• Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

primary record

still

tests

manual 10.2; corpora 2556 (Torah 9, tales 2542, Sefer Yetzirah 5); EWT 141; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 0.1); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
• For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
• And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
• Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
• But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both ye and your king.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «still» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.