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1. adustiǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Treatment with heat or burning, calcination of a substance; (b) surg. cauterization; (c) phys. the corruption of bodily humors, ulcers, etc., by heat; the process by which humors, etc., become adu

2. conjuncciǒun n.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint.

3. dispōsiciǒun n.

107 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Preparation, planning, arranging; also, a plan or arrangement; taken disposicioun, to make arrangements; (b) construction or execution according to a plan; building (of a city); structure (of the…

4. dissenciǒun n.

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Disagreement in sentiment or opinion; esp., overt dissension, quarreling, civil strife; maken (meven, setten)dissencioun; fallen at (upon) dissencioun, to start to quarrel; (b) a disagreement…

5. formāciǒun, -tiōn n.

Additional spellings: formation
7 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Act of creating or making, creation, production; (b) fig. creator.

6. 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

7. 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…