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1. abāten, -i(en v.

Additional spellings: abati, abatien
99 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner).

2. addiciǒun n.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition.

3. article n.

66 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A separate item (in a set of rules, doctrines, provisions, etc.); one of the statements of the Apostles' Creed; article of the feith (beleve, crede, creaunce, trouthe); (b) a specific religious…

4. calculen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Math. To reckon or compute (sth.), count; prepare (a mathematical table); also, to suppose (that sth. is true); (b) astrol. to cast horoscopes, etc.; solve (a problem) by calculation, find (an…

5. cercle n.

155 quotations in 20 senses
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A geometrical circle; also, the circumference of a circle; rounde as a cercle.

6. compōsen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To write or compose (a book); (b) to agree formally (to do sth.), contract; (c) math. composed, complex (number).

7. composiciǒun n.

45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The composition, constitution, or structure (of a complex object, organ, etc.); also, complexion, character; (b) a concoction, a compound medicine; (c) the act of making or constructing something…

8. cūbik adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Math. Containing the cube of some number; cubik nombre, a cubic number.

9. dēgrẹ̄ n.

260 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) An elevated place, a step, platform, tier; a step in a flight of stairs; a tier of seats; a rung of a ladder; song of degres, one of the fifteen gradual Psalms; (b) bi degres, by steps or stairs…

10. dēnomināciǒun n.

16 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A name or designation; taken denominacioun, to receive a name or reputation; (b) the act of giving a name (to sth.), naming.

11. dēparten v.

252 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To take one's leave, go away, depart; departen awei; (b) departen fro (awei fro, from, out of), to go away from (sb. or sth., a place); departen from, retreat from (foes); fig. departen from lif,

12. difference n.

69 quotations in 6 senses
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The fact of difference in kind; lack of identity, unlikeness, dissimilarity, diversity: (a) without constr.; (b) with prep. phr.; (c) with gen.

13. dī̆minūciǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Diminishing in numbers or quantity, lessening; reduction, decrease; (b) math. subtraction; (c) extenuation of sin.

14. dī̆minūen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To reduce or lessen (sth.); (b) math. to subtract; (c) to speak disparagingly, utter detraction.

15. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

5 quotations in 2 senses
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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif.

16. dī̆visiǒun n.(1)

78 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act or processes of splitting or breaking up; branching (of arteries, streams); (b) separability, divisibility; (c) math. the process of dividing numbers, division; (d) hunt. the ceremonious…

17. dǒublen v.

51 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To duplicate (sth.); doublen wive, take two or more wives; doubled, paired; (b) to consist of two different kinds or colors; doublen on brede, spread out in two directions; (c) to 'second' (a…

18. ēqualitē n.

12 quotations in 5 senses
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Evenness or smoothness of surface, texture, or consistency.

19. fō̆rmāl adj.

25 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) In due or proper form; according to established procedure; orderly, correct, regular, conventional; formal argument, argument following the rules of logic; (b) ?beautiful, shapely.

20. inēquālitẹ̄ n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Unevenness in surface or contour; (b) disparity in size or strength; (c) irregularity in pulsation; (d) math. non-identity of numbers.

21. intercīse adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Math. Of a progression: broken at regular intervals.

22. limite n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A boundary of a country or district, a frontier; (b) pl. the terms of a civil or religious law; (c) a limit; (d) math. a position in the decimal numeration.

23. līne n.(1)

237 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A cord or rope; a leash, sounding line, etc.; drauen bi o line, to pull on the same rope, pull together; line wie, a towpath; (b) a fishline; also fig.; hok and line, etc.; ground line [see ground

24. mediāciǒun n.

46 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Mediation, negotiation; also, intermediation [quot.: a1475(?a1430)]; bi (thurgh, with)..mediacioun, with (someone's) help, through the good offices (of sb.); (b) means; bi mediacioun (and mene,

25. mēne n.(3)

209 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A course of action, method, way; a means of attaining an end; (b) bi mene of, with menes of; bi no (manere of) mene; bi al menes; bi god menes, with great skill; menes and weies; weies and menes

26. multiplīen v.

157 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To become greater in size, amount, number, or intensity; increase, grow, spread; increase (for sb.) [quot.: a1425]; (b) to thrive, prosper, flourish.

27. ǒmbre n.

42 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Shadow, shade; also fig.; ?cloudy or overcast weather [quot.: c1400(?c1380)]; (b) ombre of deth (sorwe and sinne), transl. L umbra mortis: the shadow of death; (c) under the ombre, in the shadow…

28. parcel n.

128 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A part or portion of something; parcel ne part of, not the slightest part of (sth.); (b) an integral part or member of something; something essential to, contained in, or belonging to a greater…

29. parfī̆t adj.

250 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Flawless, unblemished; also fig.; of persons, actions, intentions: faultless, blameless; of gold, metal: perfectly refined; of a soul: pure; of law: incorrupt; of sight, light: unobscured…

30. parten v.

278 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To divide (sth.); parten in (on) two (thre, etc.), divide (sth., a group of people) in two (three, etc.) parts or shares; parten on twein, divide (sth.) in two; also fig.; parten in ser, divide…

31. prẹ̄ve n.

178 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Observed or recorded evidence supporting a statement, an assertion, accusation, or a claim; a piece of such evidence; maken preve of, to give evidence of (sth.); (b) evidence such as instances…

32. prōgressiǒun n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A journey; also, a military sally; (b) the action of proceeding from one stage to another in any operation or development; a natural process; ?also, a process of production; birth; (c) math. a…

33. 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…

34. remenaunt n.

131 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The rest, remaining part or quantity; the residual portion of an estate; a remaining or reserved portion; also fig.; (b) the remaining part of a story, question, text, law, etc.; a remaining…

35. reserven v.

75 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To keep (sth.), preserve, save, retain; preserve (sth. in remembrance); (b) to set aside (money, property for a specific purpose); keep (sb. or sth.) for future use; (c) to allow (sb.) to live…

36. residūe n.

50 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) What remains of a thing or group of things, what is left; the rest; -- also pl.; residue of eruke, what the caterpillar leaves; (b) the remaining part of an estate not specifically bequeathed; (c)…

37. 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…

38. solid(e adj.

Additional spellings: solide
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Having a solid interior, not hollow; also, hardened, solidified [quot.: a1500(c1477), 1st]; ?also, firm, hard [quot.: a1500(a1450)]; (b) math. of a figure or body: having three dimensions; of a…

39. superficiā̆l adj.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) On or at the surface of the skin, body, a boiling liquid, etc.; external; also, as noun: an outer surface or part; (b) without thorough understanding, cursory; (c) unimportant, insignificant; (d)…

40. superflū(e adj.

Additional spellings: superflue
36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Exceeding what is necessary or normal; (b) useless, worthless, vain; also, immoderate, excessive; ?foolish [quot. a1450 St.Kath.(3)]; (c) of a person: extravagant; also, of a house: ?extravagantly…

41. thēta n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The name of the letter Θ in the Greek alphabet, theta; (b) the sign of the cross [based on the L transliteration of the Greek character; cp. tau n.]; (c) math. the arithmetical symbol for zero.

42. ūnitẹ̄ n.

91 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Insusceptibility to differentiation, indivisibility, lack of diversity; also, purity, freedom from adulteration (b) theol. the essential unity among the persons of the Trinity; the oneness or…