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having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.
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intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous: an ardent theatergoer. an ardent student of french history.
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vehement; fierce: They were frightened by his ardent, burning eyes.
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burning, fiery, or hot: the ardent core of a star. |
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sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
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severe; stern: His dour criticism made us regret having undertaken the job.
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Scot. (of land) barren; rocky, infertile, or otherwise difficult or impossible to cultivate. |
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gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task. |
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a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
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a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something: a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment. |
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the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber. |
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–verb (used with object)
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to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
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to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
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Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
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to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
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Pathology. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed. |
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of or pertaining to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
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Usually, olfactories. an olfactory organ.
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olfactory nerve. |
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of, pertaining to, or resembling a fish or fishes. |
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harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
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rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party. |
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–verb (used without object)
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to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
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to recover from financial loss. |
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–adjective
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of a sickly, yellowish color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
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to make sallow. |
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–adjective,vil·er, vil·est.
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wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
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highly offensive, unpleasant, or objectionable: vile slander.
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repulsive or disgusting, as to the senses or feelings: a vile odor.
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morally debased, depraved, or despicable: vile deeds.
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foul; filthy: vile language.
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poor; wretched: vile workmanship.
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of mean or low condition: a vile beggar.
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menial; lowly: vile tasks.
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degraded; ignominious: vile servitude.
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of little value or account; paltry: a vile recompense. |
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–adjective
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pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics.
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having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty.
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pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality.
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a philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically valid at a given time and place: the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic.
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aesthetics.
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Archaic. the study of the nature of sensation. |
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uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
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capable of speech; not speechless.
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using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate speaker.
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expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness: an articulate thought.
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made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: an articulate form; an articulate shape; an articulate area. |
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–noun
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the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
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straw cut up for fodder.
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worthless matter; refuse.
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the membranous, usually dry, brittle bracts of the flowers of certain plants.
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Also called window. Military. strips of metal foil dropped by an aircraft to confuse enemy radar by creating false blips. |
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–verb (used with object)
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to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass: to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.
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to rival with some degree of success: Some smaller cities now emulate the major capitals in their cultural offerings.
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Computers.
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to imitate (a particular computer system) by using a software system, often including a microprogram or another computer that enables it to do the same work, run the same programs, etc., as the first.
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to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task. |
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–adverb
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with great care or caution; warily.
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cautious, careful, or wary. |
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–noun,plural-er·ies.
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a haberdasher's shop.
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the goods sold there. |
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a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
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a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.
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a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.
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Obsolete. a schoolmaster. |
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shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues. |
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–verb (used without object)
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to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
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a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
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a leisurely gait. |
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the act of scintillating; sparkling.
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a spark or flash.
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Astronomy. the twinkling or tremulous effect of the light of the stars.
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Meteorology. any small-scale twinkling or shimmering of objects that are viewed through the atmosphere, caused by an interception of the observer's line of view by inhomogeneities in the atmospheric refractive index.
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Physics.
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a flash of light from the ionization of a phosphor struck by an energetic photon or particle.
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random fluctuation of the amplitude, phase, or polarization of an electromagnetic wave.
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(on a radar display) a slight, rapid shifting of a spot of light or the image of an object about its mean position. |
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–noun,plural-mans.
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a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
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any amulet or charm.
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anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions. |
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–adjective
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of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a man; masculine; manly: virile strength.
2.
having or exhibiting masculine energy, forcefulness, or strength in a marked degree.
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characterized by a vigorous, masculine spirit: a virile literary style.
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of, pertaining to, or capable of procreation. |
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