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11To laugh away — Laugh Laugh, v. t. 1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. [1913 Webster] Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? Shak. [1913 Webster] I shall laugh myself to death. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To express by, or utter with …
12To pass away — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …
13Gray Waste — In the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game, the Gray Waste (more fully, the Gray Wastes of Hades; also, Hades, The Three Glooms, Hope s Loss or The Nadir) is a strongly evil aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment… …
14put away — verb 1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (Freq. 2) The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend She locked her jewels in the safe • Syn: ↑lock in, ↑lock away, ↑lock, ↑shut up, ↑ …
15To cast away — Cast Cast (k[.a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cast}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casting}.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. {gerere} to bear, carry. E. jest.] 1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. [1913… …
16tab|e|fac|tion — «TAB uh FAK shuhn», noun. the fact or process of wasting away or consumption of the body by disease; emaciation; tabes. ╂[< Late Latin tābefactus, past participle of tābefacere cause to waste away (< Latin tābēre waste away + facere make) + …
17emaciate — I. v. a. Make lean or thin or spare, reduce in flesh, cause to waste away. II. v. n. Waste away, pine, grow lean or thin or spare, become reduced in flesh. III. a.; (also emaciated) Lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny, meagre,… …
18macerate — [mas′ər āt΄] vt. macerated, macerating [< L maceratus, pp. of macerare, to make soft or tender, weaken, harass < IE base * māk , to knead > Latvian màcu, to squeeze] 1. to soften and break down into component parts by soaking in liquid… …
19macerate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin maceratus, past participle of macerare to soften, steep Date: 1547 transitive verb 1. to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting 2. to cause to become soft or separated into constituent elements… …
20Macerate — Mac er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Macerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Macerating}.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. ? to knead.] 1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] Harvey. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …
