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1. cāne n.

26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A reed (esp., Arundo donax & Phragmites communis); (b) sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum); (c) a Javanese reed; prob., bamboo; (d) a fragrant reed of India and Persia. …

2. cǒuntre- pref.

52 quotations in 7 senses
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Against (in position, motion, direction), opposite, counter-; ?back, rear (as opposed to front, forward); countre- filet, some kind of ribbon for the head or headdress; countre- frount, countre-……

3. dēceivāble adj.

57 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of persons or animals: deceitful, lying, treacherous; -- also as noun; (b) disloyal, seditious. …

4. pendaunt adj.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Hanging, suspended, pendent; also, hanging down, slung low [quot.: c1475]; also, draping, flowing; (b) sloping, steep; (c) overhanging, jutting; (d) surg. of an infected wound: protruding……

5. purpōs n.

186 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) One's intention, plan, or design; one's object, aim, or goal; also, the proper function or purpose for which something exists [quot.: a1398]; (b) purpos and ende (entente), purpos or entencioun……

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