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41. constreinen v.

106 quotations in 8 senses
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Of a person: (a) to compel or force (sb. to do sth.), make (sb. do sth.); also, oblige, induce; (b) constreinen herte, constreinen wil, to exert pressure or compulsion on (someone's) heart or will…

42. consūetūde n.

29 quotations in 4 senses
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A traditional practice (of a nation, a group), a custom or tradition; of consuetude, according to tradition or custom; kepen, usen consuetude, to follow or observe a custom; taken consuetude, to…

43. corrōden v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To eat away or destroy (organic tissue): said of (a) noxious humours, ulcers, etc.; (b) a corrosive medicine or application.

44. corrō̆sī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: corrosive
24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Chemically corrosive; water corrosif, an acid; also fig.; (b) a chemically corroding substance, as an acid.

45. cotidiā̆n adj. & n.

27 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Daily; also, continual, unceasing; (b) usual, habitual; ordinary, everyday.

46. crīse n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. The decisive point in the progress of a disease, the turning point for better or worse, crisis.

47. cristal n.

61 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The transparent form of crystallized quartz, rock crystal; (b) some material resembling crystal; (c) fig. the clear part of the eye [see cristalline]; (d) in comparisons: bright as cristal, cler

48. cuppe n.

92 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A drinking vessel; a bowl, goblet, cup, etc.; also, a receptacle for fruit or confections; (b) stonding cuppe, a cup with a foot or base; trussing cuppe, ?a cup or chalice for traveling; (c) a…

49. cūre n.(1)

158 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Attention, heed; nimen cure, to pay attention; taken cure, pay attention (to sth.), be interested (in sth.); I do no cure, I do not care, I am indifferent; (b) fondness, liking, partiality…

50. dēceit(e n.

Additional spellings: deceite
82 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Trickery, deceit, treachery; lying; (b) act of deceiving; a deception, stratagem, trick; a lie; (c) an ambush; (d) a fowler's snare or trap; some device to impede the passage of ships.

51. declināciǒun n.

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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

52. decorātī̆f adj.

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Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying.

53. dēfenden v.

188 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To fight in defense of (sth.), defend (sb.) by fighting; fight defensively; defenden from, defend against (sb.); (b) refl. to defend oneself; also, put up a fight; defenden ayen, defenden fro

54. dēfīen v.(2)

61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To digest (food, drink); carry on digestive processes; defien with teth, masticate; god to defien, beneficial to digestion; ppl. defiing, promoting digestion, digestible; (b) to be digested; (c)…

55. dēnīen v.

64 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To deny (a fact, truth, or belief); deny the validity of (a doctrine or conclusion); refuse to believe in (sth.); also, express a denial; (b) to deny (an accusation); express a denial.

56. dē̆siccāciǒun n.

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(a) Med. Drying out, as by draining or treatment with a desiccative; (b) alch. removal of moisture by the application of heat, desiccation.

57. dīa- pref.

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Med. In names of pharmaceutical preparations, or drugs, usually indicating that the herb or the like which follows is the chief ingredient: (a) dia- bardich, some kind of drug; dia- borago, a drug…

58. dīaforē̆tic adj. & n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. (a) Capable of inducing or promoting perspiration; sudorific, diaphoretic; (b) a diaphoretic medicine.

59. dīǧesten v.

29 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To digest (food, drink); carry on digestive processes; (b) to make (one's stomach) digest; (c) of wine: to cause (food) to be digested; (d) of plants: to transform and assimilate (fluids).

60. dīǧestī̆f adj. & n.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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As adj.: (a) med. able to break down pathological matter, humors, etc.; medecin digestif, a digestive medicine, a drug that prepares pathological matter for evacuation; (b) physiol. having to do with…