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1. gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
2. dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color
3. gloomy, depressing, or dismal
4. extremely serious; grave |
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1. portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious |
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1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
2. a drenching rain; downpour.
3. anything that overwhelms like a flood
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5. to flood; inundate.
6. to overrun; overwhelm |
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1. a breach of a law, etc; sin or crime |
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1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
2. bubonic plague.
3. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. |
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1. any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
2. a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name, title, or the like, as “man's best friend” for “dog.”
3. a word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility, etc. |
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the doctrine or belief that there is only one god. |
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the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. |
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a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea |
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1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
2. rule; control
3. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.
4. lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control.
5. Government . a territory constituting a self-governing commonwealth and being one of a number of such territories united in a community of nations, or empire |
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verb (used with object)
1. to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.
2. to supply (a fire, stove, etc.) with fresh fuel.
3. to fill again or anew. |
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–verb (used with object), -dued, -du·ing.
1. to conquer and bring into subjection
2. to overpower by superior force; overcome.
3. to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive.
4. to repress (feelings, impulses, etc.).
5. to bring (land) under cultivation
6. to reduce the intensity, force, or vividness of (sound, light, color, etc.); tone down; soften.
7. to allay (inflammation, infection, etc.). |
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–verb (used with object), -guiled, -guil·ing.
1. to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
2. to take away from by cheating or deceiving (usually followed by of )
3. to charm or divert
4. to pass (time) pleasantly |
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-noun, plural -ties.
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. |
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1. to bring to an end; put an end to
2. to occur at or form the conclusion of
3. to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of.
4. to dismiss from a job; fire
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5. to end, conclude, or cease.
6. (of a train, bus, or other public conveyance) to end a scheduled run at a certain place
7. to come to an end
8. to issue or result |
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1. an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
2. Law . an incidental clause in such an agreement.
3. Ecclesiastical . a solemn agreement between the members of a church to act together in harmony with the precepts of the gospel. |
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–verb (used without object)
1. to sink to a low or lower level.
2. to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate
3. to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate |
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–noun
1. count; computation; calculation.
2. the settlement of accounts, as between two companies.
3. a statement of an amount due; bill.
4. an accounting, as for things received or done.
5. an appraisal or judgment. |
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1. a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
2. a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story. |
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–verb (used with object)
1. to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
2. to ask earnestly for (something) |
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1. to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously |
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1. a person's relatives collectively
2. a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or race.
3. relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage
4. natural relationship; affinity.
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5. associated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.
6. having the same belief, attitude, or feeling
7. related by birth or descent
8. belonging to kin or relatives |
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–verb (used with object)
1. to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
2. to make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
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3. compensation, as for an injury, wrong,
4. a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
5. a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like. |
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1. to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc |
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–verb (used with object)
1. to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
2. to upbraid.
3. to be a cause of blame or discredit to.
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4. blame or censure conveyed in disapproval
5. an expression of upbraiding, censure, or reproof.
6. disgrace, discredit, or blame incurred
7. a cause or occasion of disgrace or discredit. |
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