{ "Davenant":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "Sir William 1606\u20131668 English poet and dramatist; poet laureate (1638\u201368)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8dav-n\u0259nt", "\u02c8da-v\u0259-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181613", "type":[ "biographical name" ] }, "daven":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to recite the prescribed prayers in a Jewish liturgy":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Beit Midrash \u2014 A large, dedicated space for the entire school to gather to hear speakers, as well as to daven during holidays and other special occasions. \u2022 \u2014 Randall P. Lieberman, Jewish Journal , 2 Aug. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1930, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Yiddish davnen":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8d\u00e4-v\u0259n", "\u02c8d\u022f-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125656", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "davenport":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a large upholstered sofa often convertible into a bed":[], ": a small compact writing desk":[], "John 1597\u20131670 American (English-born) clergyman and founder of New Haven colony":[], "city on the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa population 99,685":[] }, "examples":[ "we seated ourselves on the davenport while we waited for him to get ready", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Especially if your grandparents liked wall-to-wall gray wool carpeting, dark colonial-style furniture and the odd splash of color from a banana-leaf patterned davenport \u2013 or a loud Hawaiian bowling shirt. \u2014 Mark Gauert, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Mar. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "probably from the name Davenport":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8da-v\u1d4am-", "\u02c8da-v\u1d4an-\u02ccp\u022frt", "\u02c8da-v\u0259n-\u02ccp\u022frt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "chesterfield", "couch", "divan", "lounge", "settee", "sofa", "squab" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050749", "type":[ "biographical name", "geographical name", "noun" ] } }