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61. plurer adj.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. Plural; in the plurer nombre.

62. positī̆f adj.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of law, regulations, etc.: laid down by an authority; formally decreed or legislated (as opposed to natural or divine); positif laue (ordinaunce), laue positif; (b) gram. of degree: positive; also…

63. possessī̆f adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. Of a case: possessive; as noun: a possessive form.

64. pǒuē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: pouere
353 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The ability of a person, an animal, a soul, an angel, a spirit, etc., to act; ability (to do sth.); pouer of, capacity for or power of (doing sth.); pouer of harm, means or capacity for doing…

65. prēposiciǒun n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A pre-eminent position; (b) gram. a preposition.

66. prē̆sent(e adj.

Additional spellings: presente
68 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Being with, before, or in the same place as someone or something else; in a particular place, at hand, present; (b) her present, here present; ther (ther-at) present, there present; togeder

67. prēterit adj.

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(a) Before the present, past; preterit time; (b) having to do with the past; (c) gram. of tense in Latin: denoting action in the past; preterit imparfit tens, the imperfect tense.

68. prō̆nǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: pronoune
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. A pronoun.

69. prō̆pre adj.

165 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Belonging or pertaining to oneself, a person, or a thing; privately owned; private, personal, individual; intrinsic; (b) propre in, inherent in (a position of honor); propre to, belonging to…

70. quā̆litẹ̄ n.

114 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Character, nature, state, or condition; an inherent attribute; innere qualite, ?inner state; [quot.: Barth., last, may belong with sense 3.(a)]; outre qualite, outer state; qualite of the colour

71. quantitẹ̄ n.

147 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Size in three dimensions, magnitude, volume, capacity; open quantite, capacity of something when empty; (b) size in length; stature; also fig.; (c) circumference; (d) size of a surface area; also…

72. raciọ̄̆nāl(e adj.

Additional spellings: racionale
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Pertaining to or concerned with reasoning or intellect; also, as noun: the power or faculty of reason; racional philosophie, that branch of philosophy dealing with rationality; vertu racional, the…

73. relā̆tī̆f adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Referring to an antecedent; (b) having reference (to sth.), related; depending on something, contingent [quot.: Chartier].

74. resolven v.

93 quotations in 5 senses
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To alter; alter (sth.) in form or nature by the application of some physical process or force such as heat, moisture, etc.: (a) to diminish, dissolve, lose substance; break (sth.) down into its…

75. rē̆sǒun n.(2)

416 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The intellectual faculty, intellectual power or capacity, reason; -- also pl.; light of resoun; (b) the exercise of the intellectual faculty, act or process of reasoning; mental processes…

76. semblāble adj.

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Similar, analogous; ?also, similar to [quot.: c1450]; semblable to, like to (sb., sth., God, Christ); semblable unto, like to (God, sth.); bi semblable image, in a corresponding manner…

77. sentence n.

192 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A personal opinion, way of thinking; sentence yevere, one who expresses a personal opinion; in o sentence, of one mind, with one intent; of sentence, according to one's opinion; differren sentence

78. serven v.(1)

614 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To be of service, be employed, work; labor (to do sth.); have a responsibility (to do sth.); serven at the barre, practice law; serven for, serve in order to get (sth., a wife); also, work (to do…

79. significāciǒun n.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A symbol; in significacioun, as a symbol, symbolizing; (b) symbolic meaning; also, interpretation [quots.: Lydg.Pilgr.]; (c) symbolization, representation; a gret significacioun, an important…

80. simple adj.

217 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Blameless, innocent; upright; guileless, artless; (b) of the eyes:?innocent, not sinful; ?sound, healthy; -- used fig.