The Only Use of
august
in
Crediting Poetry by Seamus Heaney
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- After 1974, however, for the twenty long years between then and the ceasefires of August 1994, such a hope proved impossible.
August = the month that falls between July and September
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, August is used as a proper noun to refer to the month that falls between July and September.