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1. abāten, -i(en v.

Additional spellings: abati, abatien
99 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner).

2. addiciǒun n.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition.

3. article n.

66 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A separate item (in a set of rules, doctrines, provisions, etc.); one of the statements of the Apostles' Creed; article of the feith (beleve, crede, creaunce, trouthe); (b) a specific religious…

4. calculen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Math. To reckon or compute (sth.), count; prepare (a mathematical table); also, to suppose (that sth. is true); (b) astrol. to cast horoscopes, etc.; solve (a problem) by calculation, find (an…

5. cercle n.

155 quotations in 20 senses
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A geometrical circle; also, the circumference of a circle; rounde as a cercle.

6. compōsen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To write or compose (a book); (b) to agree formally (to do sth.), contract; (c) math. composed, complex (number).

7. composiciǒun n.

45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The composition, constitution, or structure (of a complex object, organ, etc.); also, complexion, character; (b) a concoction, a compound medicine; (c) the act of making or constructing something…

8. cūbik adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Math. Containing the cube of some number; cubik nombre, a cubic number.

9. dēgrẹ̄ n.

260 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) An elevated place, a step, platform, tier; a step in a flight of stairs; a tier of seats; a rung of a ladder; song of degres, one of the fifteen gradual Psalms; (b) bi degres, by steps or stairs…

10. dēnomināciǒun n.

16 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A name or designation; taken denominacioun, to receive a name or reputation; (b) the act of giving a name (to sth.), naming.

11. dēparten v.

252 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To take one's leave, go away, depart; departen awei; (b) departen fro (awei fro, from, out of), to go away from (sb. or sth., a place); departen from, retreat from (foes); fig. departen from lif,

12. difference n.

69 quotations in 6 senses
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The fact of difference in kind; lack of identity, unlikeness, dissimilarity, diversity: (a) without constr.; (b) with prep. phr.; (c) with gen.

13. dī̆minūciǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Diminishing in numbers or quantity, lessening; reduction, decrease; (b) math. subtraction; (c) extenuation of sin.

14. dī̆minūen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To reduce or lessen (sth.); (b) math. to subtract; (c) to speak disparagingly, utter detraction.

15. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

5 quotations in 2 senses
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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif.

16. dī̆visiǒun n.(1)

78 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act or processes of splitting or breaking up; branching (of arteries, streams); (b) separability, divisibility; (c) math. the process of dividing numbers, division; (d) hunt. the ceremonious…

17. dǒublen v.

51 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To duplicate (sth.); doublen wive, take two or more wives; doubled, paired; (b) to consist of two different kinds or colors; doublen on brede, spread out in two directions; (c) to 'second' (a…

18. ēqualitē n.

12 quotations in 5 senses
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Evenness or smoothness of surface, texture, or consistency.

19. fō̆rmāl adj.

25 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) In due or proper form; according to established procedure; orderly, correct, regular, conventional; formal argument, argument following the rules of logic; (b) ?beautiful, shapely.

20. inēquālitẹ̄ n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Unevenness in surface or contour; (b) disparity in size or strength; (c) irregularity in pulsation; (d) math. non-identity of numbers.