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1. transumpt adj.

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Adopted, taken over;—applied to words used figuratively. …

2. extirpāciǒun n.

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(a) Eradication (of heresy); (b) removal (of an abscess) by excision or the application of corrosives. …

3. extinct ppl.

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(a) Extinguished; (b) of mental faculties: blotted out, dead; (c) of a class of people: eradicated, eliminated; (c) of a debt: ?repaid. …

4. ēnormiǒus adj.

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Exceedingly great, monstrous. …

5. extirpen v.

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To eradicate (an ulcer, abcess, cancer, etc.) by excision or the application of corrosives. …

6. extincciǒun n.

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(a) Quenching (of a hot iron); (b) destruction (of life). …

7. execūten v.

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Law To carry out or put into effect; enforce (a law), execute (a sentence); also, issue (a warrant, etc.). …

8. cinabāre n.

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A red pigment, vermillion. …

9. exīl n.(1)

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(a) Banishment or exile from one's native land; also fig.; laien exile on (someone); (b) the state of living in exile or in a foreign country; puten in exile; (c) a place of exile, an alien land or……

10. ēlō̆ngen v.

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(a) To extend (land for cultivation); to extend or prolong (the wing of an army); to be long; (b) to remove to a distance; (c) to prolong the duration, to delay the growth of. …

11. dēfō̆rmen v.(1)

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(a) To disfigure (sb.), distort (the face, bodily members), deform, make ugly; mar or disfigure (a city, region); deformed, misshapen, disfigured, distorted, ugly; (b) fig. to distort (the image of……

12. as(s)erven v.

Additional spellings: asserven
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(a) To render obedience to (God's will); (b) achieve (sth.) by way of service; (c) minister (to sb.), treat; (d) ben asserving, to be served at table. …

13. transumpciǒun n.

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(a) Copying, transcription; (b) rhet. a figure, usu. metaphor or simile; also, the use of metaphor. …

14. execūciǒun n.

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Law (a) The carrying out, putting into effect, or enforcing (of the provisions of a statute, law, will, etc.); execution, enforcement; (b) the execution (of a sentence); the infliction of a penalty or……

15. enlō̆ngen v.

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(a) To prolong or delay (sth.), to extend (one's lifetime); (b) of nerves: extend (from the brain). …

16. blāmen v.

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(a) To rebuke or scold (sb.); (b) to find fault with (sb.), criticize, censure; blamen (sb.) for, of (sth.); ben to blamen, be at fault or subject to criticism; also, indulge in faultfinding or……

17. assē̆l(le n.

Additional spellings: asselle
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The armpit or the place under the arm; ?the shoulder (of a saddle). …

18. emeraude n.

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Emerald, the precious stone; also fig.; emeraude ston. …

19. vanishen v.

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(a) To disappear from sight, vanish, esp. in a sudden or mysterious manner; vanishen awei, vanishen sodeinli (sone, etc.),vanishen from (oute of) sighte, etc (b) ben vanished, to disappear; also, be……

20. sīrēn n.

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(a) A mermaid whose song lures sailors to shipwreck; also envisaged as a harpy; (b) a mythical flying serpent of Arabia. …

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