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1.to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
2.to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
3.to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger. |
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1.pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
2.showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant: an affable smile. |
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sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind. |
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fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. |
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1.actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
2.Medicine/Medical . highly infective; malignant or deadly.
3.Bacteriology . causing clinical symptoms.
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violently or spitefully hostile.
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1.having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
2.not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience |
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1.to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away ).
2.to scatter. |
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a person who practices philanthropy.
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1.the practice of performing charitable or benevolent actions
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1.deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
2.Geometry . not having the same center; not concentric: used especially of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both.
3.(of an axis, axle, etc.) not situated in the center.
4.Machinery . having the axis or support away from the center: an eccentric wheel.
5.Astronomy . deviating from a circular form, as an elliptic orbit. |
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verb (used with object), -aged, -ag·ing.
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to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
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to bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of: Your behavior will disparage the whole family |
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having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake. |
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
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restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.
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pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony: a sweet, euphonious voice. |
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of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas; doctrinal.
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asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated. |
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(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
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not clear to the understanding; hard to perceive: obscure motivations.
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(of language, style, a speaker, etc.) not expressing the meaning clearly or plainly.
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indistinct to the sight or any other sense; not readily seen, heard, etc.; faint.
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inconspicuous or unnoticeable: the obscure beginnings of a great movement. |
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excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery. |
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verb (used with object)
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to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
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Anatomy . to extend or protrude.
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of great weight; heavy; massive.
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awkward or unwieldy: He carried a ponderous burden on his back.
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the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness: The candor of the speech impressed the audience.
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freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality: to consider an issue with candor.
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Obsolete . kindliness.
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a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
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Roman Catholic Church . a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
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anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle. |
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the act of digressing.
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a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.
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Under these conditions, diversion and instruction are diametrically opposed, and digression has no place in the classroom.
To him, life is a flow, a simultaneous progression and digression.
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spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in ): profuse praise.
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made or done freely and abundantly: profuse apologies.
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abundant; in great amount. |
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verb (used with object), -erced, -erc·ing.
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to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
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to bring about through the use of force or other forms of compulsion; exact: to coerce obedience.
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to dominate or control, especially by exploiting fear, anxiety, etc.: The state is based on successfully coercing the individual. |
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pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
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pleasant; complaisant. |
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caused by or showing sincere remorse.
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filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent: a contrite sinner. |
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respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
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respectful or courteous regard: in deference to his wishes. |
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smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
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smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness. |
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intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
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inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
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teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
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didactics, ( used with a singular verb ) the art or science of teaching. |
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noun ( used with a singular verb )
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the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments.
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the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty. |
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verb (used without object)
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to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from ): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
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to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view.
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to disagree with or reject the doctrines or authority of an established church. |
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adjective
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lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
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lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.
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drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint. |
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verb (used without object)
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to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.
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to have one's abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village.
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to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last. |
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continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise. |
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verb (used with object)
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to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor.
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to win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor).
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adjective
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incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
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trifling; frivolous; unimportant. |
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something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
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the act of innovating; introduction of new things or methods. |
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adjective
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direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere: Her criticism of my work was frank but absolutely fair.
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without inhibition or subterfuge; direct; undisguised: a frank appeal for financial aid.
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Pathology . unmistakable; clinically evident: frank blood.
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Archaic . liberal or generous.
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inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
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Music .
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a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest and needing completion.
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an unresolved, discordant chord or interval. Compare consonance(def. 3 ).
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disagreement or incongruity. |
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( sometimes initial capital letter ) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
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of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
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of various kinds or forms; multiform. |
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Chess . an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
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any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage.
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a remark made to open or redirect a conversation. |
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adjective, lith·er, lith·est.
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina. |
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Machinery .
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a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
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a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
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Metalworking . a gear driving a roll in a rolling mill. |
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verb (used with object)
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to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior. |
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
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reluctant or restrained. |
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noun, plural -mies.
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impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
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Judaism .
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an act of cursing or reviling God.
b.
pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
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Theology . the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
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irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself. |
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verb (used with object)
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to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
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to grow or become worse; lessen. |
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a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
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to make a short journey. |
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verb (used with object)
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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
2.
Law .
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to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
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to suspend or extinguish (an action).
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to annul (a writ).
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to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
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to omit: to abate all mention of names.
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to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.
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to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated. The pain in his shoulder finally abated.
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Law . to end; become null and void. |
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adjective ters·er, ters·est.
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neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
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abruptly concise; curt; brusque. |
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verb (used with object)
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Military . to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
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to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately: to deploy a battery of new missiles.
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to spread out strategically or in an extended front or line.
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to come into a position ready for use: the plane can't land unless the landing gear deploys. |
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verb (used with object)
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to praise; extol. |
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verb (used with object), met·ed, met·ing.
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to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out ): to mete out punishment.
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Archaic . to measure. |
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to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers. |
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having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
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characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
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practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere: a pious deception.
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of or pertaining to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular: pious literature.
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having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others |
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a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
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one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant.
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a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing.
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(initial capital letter) an adherent of Charles I of England in his contest with Parliament. |
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the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
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such a body produced by a domestic bird, especially the hen.
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the contents of an egg or eggs: raw egg; fried eggs.
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anything resembling a hen's egg.
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holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of ): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
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highly retentive: a tenacious memory.
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pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate.
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adhesive or sticky; viscous or glutinous.
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holding together; cohesive; not easily pulled asunder; tough. |
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a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
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the liquid thus used.
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a washing of the hands, body, etc. |
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strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
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an official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members. |
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verb (used with object), -hanced, -hanc·ing.
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to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candelight enhanced her beauty.
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to raise the value or price of: Rarity enhances the worth of old coins. |
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uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
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Psychology . the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions. |
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adjective
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fond of the company of others; sociable.
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living in flocks or herds, as animals.
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Botany . growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
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pertaining to a flock or crowd. |
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verb (used without object)
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to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
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to shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort. |
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a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked. |
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verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
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to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
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to deprive (something) of value or effectiveness; make futile or of no consequence. |
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Also, a·tro·phi·a [uh-troh-fee-uh] Show IPA. Pathology . a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
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degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse: He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought.
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to affect with or undergo atrophy. |
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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
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Biology . (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different structure.
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of illegitimate birth; bastard. |
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verb (used with object), -nounced, -nounc·ing.
1.
to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.
2.
to make a formal accusation against, as to the police or in a court.
3.
to give formal notice of the termination or denial of (a treaty, pact, agreement, or the like).
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Archaic . to announce or proclaim, especially as something evil or calamitous.
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adjective
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of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
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clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd: an astute merchandising program; an astute manipulation of facts. |
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verb (used with object), -cribed, -crib·ing.
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to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
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to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic: They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic. |
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easily deceived or cheated. |
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of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
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unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant: a tentative smile on his face. |
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having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
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punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous performance. |
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verb (used with object)
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to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
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to throw into confusion; complicate. |
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1.a person who goes or travels on foot; walker. |
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