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21. asking(e ger.

Additional spellings: askinge
51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Questioning, inquiry; question; asken, maken asking; (b) querying; (c) gram. noun of asking, an interrogative.

22. cā̆s n.

263 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) State of affairs, circumstances, situation; predicament; hard cas; the fortunes (of a person), lot, destiny; (b) senden cas, yeven cas, to grant fortune, rule destiny; grant (a certain kind of)…

23. certain adj.

194 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Specified, fixed, prescribed (time, place, amount, quantity); (b) fixed, determined (bounds, limit, measure); (c) definite, stipulated, binding (agreement, rule, etc.); determinate (cause); (d)…

24. clensǒun n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. Declension.

25. collecciǒun n.

13 quotations in 3 senses
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The action or process of gathering: (a) the collecting (of things); (b) the collection (of taxes); a tax collector's district; (c) the accumulation (of morbid matter); a swelling or boil; maken

26. commū̆n(e adj.

Additional spellings: commune
239 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) Owned or used jointly, shared; haven commun, own (sth.) jointly; commun to (til), shared by; (b) of characteristics, destiny, etc.: common (to all, etc.); haven commun with, have (sth.) in common…

27. comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: comparative
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Comparative (degree); (b) second (degree of a fever); (c) without comparatif, without any superior, without equal.

28. comparisǒun n.

83 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act of putting (two things) on a par, of regarding or treating (them) as equal, or of claiming equality; maken comparisoun to (of), to claim equality with (sb. or sth.); (b) an equal, a peer.

29. 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…

30. compǒuned ppl.

40 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Mixed, blended; (b) complex, complicated; compounded; (c) consisting (of parts).

31. concepciǒun n.

24 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The fact of conceiving or begetting offspring, or of being conceived or begotten; conception; (b) propagation of offspring; (c) pregnancy, childbearing; also, fetus, offspring.

32. concrēt ppl. (& n.)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Denoting a 'substance' rather than a 'quality'; (b) solid, compact.

33. conjuncciǒun n.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint.

34. conjunctī̆f adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Subjunctive (mode); (b) producing cohesion, solidifying.

35. construcciǒun n.

15 quotations in 3 senses
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Gram. & rhet. (a) Formation or construction of a sentence; rightful (order of) construccioun, normal order of syntactic elements; (b) a rhetorical figure; figure of construccioun.

36. constrūen v.

41 quotations in 5 senses
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Gram. To enter into construction (with a certain form); also, ben construed.

37. cō̆rden v.(1)

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To come to agreement (with sb.); become reconciled, make peace; (b) to reconcile (persons); bring into agreement.

38. dātī̆f, ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: ive
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Dative (case), the dative; (b) disposed to give, generous [with play on sense (a)]; (c) of an officer: appointed (i.e. not elected).

39. declināciǒun n.

14 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

40. dēclīnen v.

80 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of motion in space: to turn, turn away, go away; declinen aside, turn aside, go out of the direct path; declinen dounward, of the sun: begin to set; declinen fro, turn or go away from (sb.)…