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121. soverain adj.

137 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of a person: outstanding in some respect, excellent; distinguished, renowned, worthy; ben soverain, to be preeminent; ben soverain to his plesaunce, be very pleasing to him; (b) of something, a…

122. stāciǒun n.

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(a) A place which one normally occupies: a place of business; an official seat, a see; a garrison; also, the men in a garrison; (b) a place in which something is fixed: an anchorage for ships; the…

123. stāt n.

346 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) A moral or spiritual state or condition; stat of dampnacioun (grace, right, etc.); stat of penaunce (teres), a state of repentance; (b) a mental state, frame of mind; (c) the physical state or…

124. stē̆de n.(1)

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(a) A particular part of space, of definite location though often of unspecified extent; a specific place on land, in the sea, or in the air; an area, a region; a spot, locality; also fig.; (b) a…

125. sterten v.

265 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To leap, jump; cavort, caper, prance; also fig.; also, jump up and down in joy or fear; sterten up, leap up in the air; also fig.; ppl. stertinge, leaping, bounding, skipping; (b) with prep…

126. suprācelestiā̆lle adj.

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Astron. Situated above the heavens.

127. tāken v.

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(a) To grip, take hold; taken to, clutch at (sb.), hold tight to; also, grasp [transl. of L adprehendere]; (b) to take hold of (sb. or sth.), grasp with the hand(s, grab; pick (sb. or sth.) up, lift…

128. temperāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: temperate
98 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a person, a person's disposition or nature, an attribute, etc.: mild, gentle; restrained, self-controlled, prudent; (b) of a person, a person's eating, physical activity, etc.: mod erate…

129. tē̆rce n.

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Astron. and geom. A sixtieth part of a second of an arc, one thirty-six hundredth of a minute of an arc.

130. tē̆rme n.

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(a) A limit of space or capacity; withouten ani terme, limitless, bottomless;—used fig.; (b) a temporal limit, limit of a span of time; med. the limit of a period of time in which a morbid condition…

131. tōken n.

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(a) A physical object that by virtue of a physical or conceptual similarity is used to represent an action, a concept, state, or superior thing, a symbol; also, a property, esp. color, conventionally…

132. tropicā̆l adj.

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Astron. Pertaining to each of the three circles of the celestial sphere, delimiting the tropic of Capricorn, the tropic of Cancer, and the equinoctial circle.

133. tropik n.

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Astron. Either of the points at which the sun appears farthest from the equator; also, either of the zodiacal signs, Cancer and Capricorn, under which this occurs.

134. twelve num.

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Cardinal number as adj.: twelve, a dozen; ten other twelve, about twelve (plows, yards of cloth, etc.); ten or twelve or twenti, between ten and twenty (foals); ten verse or twelve, ten or twelve…

135. twin n.

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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…

136. 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…

137. unmẹ̄vāble adj.

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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…

138. unmẹ̄vāblenesse n.

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(a) The absence of motion, immobility; astron. fixity; (b) steadfastness, constancy.

139. unmẹ̄ved ppl.

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Immobile; astron. fixed; also, in epithet for Mary: unmeved mone.

140. untemperāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: untemperate
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(a) Of a person: unrestrained, imprudent, intemperate (b) of heat: departing from the mean, in excess of the norm; of anger: immoderate, excessive; (c) astron. of a planet: having specified qualities…