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1."Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age."
2.to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
3.[kar-ik-tuh-rahyz]
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1."Railroad iron is a magician's rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water."
2.to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.): to evoke a memory.
3.[ih-vohk]
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1."Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody."
2.to present (a person, product, etc.) to a particular group of individuals or to the general public for or as if for the first time by a formal act, announcement, series of recommendations or events, etc.: to introduce a debutante to society.
3.[in-truh-doos, -dyoos]
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1."The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute."
2.attention to or treatment of a subject in individual or minute parts: to postpone detail and concentrate on a subject as a whole.
3.[n. dih-teyl, dee-teyl; v. dih-teyl]
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1."They [parents] can help the children work out schedules for homework, play, and television that minimize the conflicts involved in what to do first. They can offer moral support and encouragement to persist, to try again, to struggle for understanding and mastery. And they can share a child's pleasure in mastery and accomplishment. But they must not do the job for the children."
2.to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
3.[min-uh-mahyz]
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