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an earnest request; entreaty.
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a solemn or desperate urging or counseling: an adjuration for all citizens of the beleaguered city to take shelter. |
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pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism: atheistic literature; atheistic people. |
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a short musket of wide bore with expanded muzzle to scatter shot, bullets, or slugs at close range.
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an insensitive, blundering person. |
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–verb (used without object),-lat·ed, -lat·ing.
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to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
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to give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way. |
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a chronological record of events; a history.
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to record in or as in a chronicle. |
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anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
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goods imported or exported illegally.
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illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling.
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International Law. contraband of war.
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(during the American Civil War) a black slave who escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.
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prohibited from export or import. |
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a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used by sailors. |
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lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste.
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insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge.
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a person who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective. |
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to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage. |
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a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, esp. one having a rotary or whirling motion.
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a small whirlpool.
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any similar current, as of air, dust, or fog.
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a current or trend, as of opinion or events, running counter to the main current.
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to move or whirl in eddies. |
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–verb (used with object)
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to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim.
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to eject (semen).
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to eject suddenly and swiftly; discharge.
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to eject semen.
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the semen emitted in an ejaculation. |
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–verb (used with object),-dued, -du·ing.
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to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
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to put on; assume: Hamlet endued the character of a madman.
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to clothe. |
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a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.: The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will.
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the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything: The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
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a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date: His coming of age was an epoch in his life.
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Geology. any of several divisions of a geologic period during which a geologic series is formed.Compare age (def. 12).
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Astronomy.
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an arbitrarily fixed instant of time or date, usually the beginning of a century or half century, used as a reference in giving the elements of a planetary orbit or the like.
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the mean longitude of a planet as seen from the sun at such an instant or date.
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Physics. the displacement from zero at zero time of a body undergoing simple harmonic motion. |
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characterized by promptness; quick: an expeditious answer to an inquiry. |
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–verb (used with object)
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to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
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to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry: Lack of money vexes many.
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to discuss or debate (a subject, question, etc.) with vigor or at great length: to vex a question endlessly without agreeing.
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to disturb by motion; stir up; toss about.
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to afflict with physical pain. |
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highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.
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glorious, as deeds or works: many illustrious achievements.
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Obsolete. luminous; bright. |
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the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe. |
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a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
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ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.
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to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire.
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to involve; entangle.
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to soil with mire; bespatter with mire.
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to sink in mire or mud; stick. |
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a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
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ten thousand. |
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–adjective,-bler, -blest.
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quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
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quick to understand, think, devise, etc.: a nimble mind.
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cleverly contrived: a story with a nimble plot. |
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
to steal, esp. in small quantities. |
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a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler. |
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a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite. |
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of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
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simple, artless, or unsophisticated.
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uncouth, rude, or boorish.
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made of roughly dressed limbs or roots of trees, as garden seats.
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(of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled.
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a country person.
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an unsophisticated country person. |
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–noun,plural-stra·ta [-strey-tuh, -strat-uh, -strey-tuh, -strat-uh] Show IPA, -stra·tums.
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something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
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something that underlies or serves as a basis or foundation.
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Agriculture. the subsoil.
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Biology. the base or material on which a nonmotile organism lives or grows.
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Philosophy. substance, considered as that which supports accidents or attributes.
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Photography. a layer of material placed directly on a film or plate as a foundation for the sensitive emulsion.
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Historical Linguistics. a set of features of a language traceable to the influence of an earlier language that it has replaced, esp. among a subjugated population: The french word for 80, quatre-vingts (“four twenties”), may reflect a Celtic substratum. |
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of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
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Grammar. of, pertaining to, or noting the highest degree of the comparison of adjectives and adverbs, as smallest, best, and most carefully, the superlative forms of small, good, and carefully.Compare comparative (def. 4), positive (def. 20).
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being more than is proper or normal; exaggerated in language or style.
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a superlative person or thing.
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the utmost degree; acme.
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Grammar.
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the superlative degree.
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a form in the superlative. |
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a person who tills; farmer.
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a person or thing that tills; cultivator. |
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a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
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a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, inflammable, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence: Berlin was the tinderbox of Europe. |
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(of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
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timid; timorous; fearful.
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(of things) vibratory, shaking, or quivering.
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(of writing) done with a trembling hand. |
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a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
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Roman History. a three-pronged spear used by a retiarius in gladiatorial combats.
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Classical Mythology. the three-pronged spear forming a characteristic attribute of the sea god Poseidon, or Neptune.
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a fish spear having three prongs.
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(initial capital letter) Military. a 34-ft (10-m) submarine-launched U.S. ballistic missile with eight to ten warheads and a range of 6500 mi. (10,459 km).
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Also, tri·den·tal [trahy-den-tl] Show IPA. having three prongs or tines. |
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