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1. remissiǒun n.

41 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Release from duty or obligation; freeing of captives; Bibl. dai of remissioun, a holiday from work; yer of remissioun, a Jubilee year; also, a Sabbatical year; don (maken) remissioun, to grant…

2. straunǧe adj.

224 quotations in 5 senses
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Of persons: (a) foreign; (b) barbarian; (c) unknown, unfamiliar; -- also used of a dog; (d) ignorant; straunge unto, unfamiliar with; (e) from elsewhere, alien, not belonging to the place where found…

3. sufferen v.

474 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) To undergo physical, mental, or spiritual distress or affliction, suffer; sufferen o (of), suffer from (care, an affliction); also, have death inflicted upon one by (sb.) [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; pp

4. vessel n.

203 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an…