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121. twin n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One of two children born at a single birth, a twin; pl. two children born at one birth, twins, twin siblings; also, in pleonastic phrases: twein (two) twinnes, twinnes two; (b) pl. two animals…

122. twō num.

366 quotations in 7 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: (a) two; (b) in generalizing phrases: two or (other) thre, thre or two, two or three (persons, things, words, etc.), a few; o..or (other) two, on or two, etc., one or two…

123. understō̆nding(e ger.

Additional spellings: understondinge
136 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The faculty of reason, cognitive power, intellect; also person.; also, ?a kind of intellectual power [quot. c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.] (b) possession of the intellectual faculty; the ability to…

124. unmẹ̄vāble adj.

42 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Incapable of motion, fixed in place, immobilized; also, without movement, motionless; of a lion’s neck: ?rigid, inflexible (b) astron. & astrol. of a sign: not characterized by a change of…

125. upspringant n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Astrol. The ascendant.

126. upspringinge ger.

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Astrol. Ascendancy.

127. upstīen v.

21 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To rise upward; also, ?raise (one’s body to a high place), propel upward [1st quot.]; of hills: rise up from the plain, be raised up (b) of Christ, a soul: to ascend into heaven; rise up (to or…

128. upstīing ger.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of going up, scaling a height, an ascent;—used fig. or spiritually; also, the ascension of Christ into heaven; upstiing to heven (b) a means of ascent, that on which one ascends; also fig

129. valaunse n.

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Astrol. ?The zodiacal sign opposite a planet’s domicile, a position conferring weakness or lessening of planetary influence; ?the position of a planet in a zodiacal sign conferring heightened…

130. Vēnus n.

40 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The goddess Venus, esp. in her role as goddess of love; also in asseverations; seinte Venus (b) Venus as the source or instigator of sexuality and sexual activity; also, Venus as the embodiment…

131. vī̆āǧe n.

36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A journey by land or sea; a pilgrimage; a journey of adventure; the journey and sojourn of an ambassador [quot. a1475]; also, travel [quot. a1420]; don (gon, holden, maken, nimen, taken) viage,

132. virǧī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: virgine
77 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A young unmarried woman without (or presumptively without) sexual experience, a maiden; also fig. and in fig. context (b) a person of either sex without sexual experience; a woman who has never…

133. Virgō n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Astron. & astrol. The zodiacal sign Virgo; also, the section for Virgo on the limb of a planetary equatorium [2nd quot.]; (b) as surname.

134. wā̆terī adj.

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(a) Characterized by abundant precipitation, rainy (b) full of water vapor; humid; (c) consisting of naturally occurring water or water vapor; wateri moisture (shoures); (d) possessing the essential…

135. weght n.(1)

202 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The physical property of heaviness, mass; weight as an attribute of objects, living creatures, or substances; also, the abstract quality of weight as a component of due proportion in nature; also…

136. wei n.(1)

744 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) An established road, a main thoroughfare, highway; a principal road between cities; a city street; also, the surface of a road, roadbed; brod wei; commune (private) wei; pleine wei, level roadway…

137. wei n.(2)

45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A variable unit of quantity for commodities sold by weight; a standard measure (of cheese, coal, salt, etc.); the wei, per unit (b) ?a unit of weight equal to a pound; (c) ?the process of…

138. wel-fāre n.

Additional spellings: welfare
58 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) General well-being; prosperity (of a person, realm, etc.); good fortune, success; also, a state of prosperity or well-being (b) a safe or secure condition; physical or spiritual health; a state…

139. werken v.(1)

617 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To act, behave, proceed; act (in a specified way), proceed (on the basis of sth., according to sth.), act (so as to do sth.), do (as one should, as sb. enjoins, according to sth., etc.); werken

140. werst(e n.

Additional spellings: werste
53 quotations in 5 senses
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That which is most evil, most morally reprehensible, most wicked; the worst sin.