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  • 81molder — [mōl′dər] vi. [freq. of obs. v. mold, to molder: see MOLD3 & ER] to crumble into dust; decay; waste away: often with away vt. Now Rare to cause to molder SYN. DECAY …

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  • 82rot — v., n., & int. v. (rotted, rotting) 1 intr. a (of animal or vegetable matter) lose its original form by the chemical action of bacteria, fungi, etc.; decay. b (foll. by off, away) crumble or drop from a stem etc. through decomposition. 2 intr. a… …

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  • 83sweal — ˈswēl, esp before pause or consonant ēəl verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English swailen, sweilen, swelen, partly from Old English swelan (vi) to burn; partly from Old English swǣlan (vt) to cause to burn more at swelter intransitive verb …

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  • 84pine´like´ — pine1 «pyn», noun. 1. a) a tree bearing woody cones and clusters of evergreen leaves shaped like needles that grow out from temporary scalelike leaves. The various kinds of pine make up a genus of the pine family. Many kinds are valuable for… …

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  • 85BLINDNESS — The standard Hebrew term for a blind person is (Heb. עִוֵּר) (ʿivver; Ex. 4:11; et al.), a noun in the form used for bodily defects. The abstract form is עִוָּרוֹן (ʿivvaron, blindness ; Deut. 28:28; Zech. 12:4). The word סַנְוֵרִים (sanverim;… …

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  • 86Deliquate — Del i*quate, v. t. To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 87emaciate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e + macies leanness, from macer lean more at meager Date: 1646 intransitive verb to waste away physically transitive verb 1. to cause to lose flesh so as to become… …

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  • 88thaw — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thawian; akin to Old High German douwen to thaw, Greek tēkein to melt, Latin tabēre to waste away Date: before 12th century transitive verb to cause to thaw intransitive verb 1. a. to go from a… …

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  • 89The Mass of Saint-Sécaire — is a ritual supposed to have been performed in Gascony, France. The best known account of the Mass is that of James George Frazer in his 1890 omnibus The Golden Bough [Frazer, James The Golden Bough , 1890; Ch. IV: Magic and Religion ] ; Frazer s …

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  • 90Battle of Crotona — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Crotona partof=the Second Punic War caption= date=204 BC place=Crotone, Calabria, present day Italy casus= territory= result=Indecisive combatant1=Carthage combatant2=Roman Republic commander1=Hannibal …

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