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1. simile-wīse adj.

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Similar. …

2. vīce n.

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(a) An undesirable or a negative physical quality in a material object or substance, an imperfection, a flaw; also, an impurity (b) a physical imperfection in a human or an animal body, physical……

3. prūdent adj.

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(a) Prudent, wise, discerning; (b) of wisdom, doctrine, an action, opinion, a quality, etc.: characterized by prudence, wise, judicious; (c) as noun: wise one(s, skillful one(s; also [transl. of L cam……

4. sapient adj.

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(a) Wise; (b) as surname. …

5. discrẹ̄t(e adj.

Additional spellings: discrete
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(a) Of persons: wise, morally discerning, prudent, circumspect; discret and wise; (b) of actions, manner, etc.: displaying such wisdom, discernment, etc.; (c) ?civil, polite, courteous. …

6. sapient n.

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(a) Wisdom, knowledge; (b) a wise act. …

7. al-kin(nes adj. & (earlier) genitive phr.

Additional spellings: alkin, al-kinnes, alkinnes
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Of every or any kind; of all kinds; in (on) al-kin wise (maner), in every or any way. …

8. satrap(e n.

Additional spellings: satrape
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A governor, leader; also, a governor of a province of ancient Persia, a satrap; a wise man; a prelate [quots.: Wycl.]. …

9. dismitten v.

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(a) To send (sb.) away; let go, dismiss, release; (b) to divest (sb. of sth.); (c) to relinquish (sth.); dismitten fro; (d) to forgive (an offense), pardon; (e) to abandon (sb. in a place), leave……

10. ac(c)ūsāciǒun, -tiọ̄n n.

Additional spellings: accusacioun, acusation, accusation
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(a) The act of charging someone with an offence or misconduct; (b) law formal accusation, indictment; (c) self-accusation, confession. …

11. contrārie adj.

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Of paired entities: opposing, opposed, opposite, contrasting, contrastive; ben contrarie to, to be opposed to or contrast with (sth.); al contrarie, even contrarie, exactly opposite, reversed……

12. poet(e n.

Additional spellings: poete
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(a) A poet; also, a singer; (b) flour of poetes, the best of poets, Chaucer; poet laureate, laureate poet [see also laureate]; poet saues, poems; in poet wise, in the manner of a reciting poet; (c)……

13. Rọ̄me n.

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(a) Ancient Rome: the city; the Roman state; the Roman Empire; to Rome ward, in the direction of Rome, toward Rome; also, to Rome [quot. a1393]; (b) in cpds. & combs.: Rome burgh (toun) [OE Rōm-burh]……

14. expert ppl., adj. (and n.)

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Having (personal) experience (in or of something); experienced, wise through experience. …

15. endǒuen v.

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(a) To provide (someone) with worldly goods, a livelihood, or privileges; to endow (a church, temple, etc.); --often with of, with, or in phrase of the thing given; (b) to grant (a privilege), to……

16. trẹ̄̆-foil n.

Additional spellings: trefoil
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(a) A plant bearing trifoliate leaves; any of several plants with trifoliate leaves, esp. red clover Trifolium pratense or white clover Trifolium repens; also, a group of three leaves [quot. ?1440……

17. parā̆ble n.

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(a) An allegorical or metaphorical narrative, usually with a didactic purpose; an allegory, or parable; a comparison [quot.: Ashmole SSecr.]; in a parable, figuratively, allegorically [quot.: c1400]……

18. politī̆k(e adj.

Additional spellings: politike
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(a) Pertaining to or concerning the spiritual or secular governance of a country or people, political; concerning or associated with public affairs, civic, civil; bodi politik, a political entity, a……

19. trī̆angle n.

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(a) A three-sided, rectilinear geometrical figure, a triangle; also fig.; in adv. comb.: triangle wise, in the form of a triangle, triangularly; (b) a triangular shape; also, an object of triangular……

20. philosophre n.

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(a) A scholar, learned man; wise man; table of philosophre, a bibliography; prob. the catalogue of Callimachus, librarian of Alexandria; (b) a natural scientist; natural philosophre; philosophre……

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