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  • 41painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 42spellbound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. entranced, fascinated, enchanted. See sorcery, attention. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. entranced, amazed, fascinated; see bewildered , charmed 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. enchanted,… …

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  • 43fascinate — [[t]fæ̱sɪneɪt[/t]] fascinates, fascinating, fascinated VERB If something fascinates you, it interests and delights you so much that your thoughts tend to concentrate on it. [V n] Politics fascinated Franklin s father... [V n] She fascinated him,… …

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  • 44fascinate */ — UK [ˈfæsɪneɪt] / US [ˈfæsɪˌneɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms fascinate : present tense I/you/we/they fascinate he/she/it fascinates present participle fascinating past tense fascinated past participle fascinated to attract and interest you very… …

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  • 45fascinate — [c]/ˈfæsəneɪt / (say fasuhnayt) verb (fascinated, fascinating) –verb (t) 1. to attract and hold irresistibly by delightful qualities. 2. to deprive of the power of resistance or movement, as through terror: *As weak and fascinated as a bird… …

  • 46fascinate — verb (fascinated; fascinating) Etymology: Latin fascinatus, past participle of fascinare, from fascinum evil spell Date: 1598 transitive verb 1. obsolete bewitch 2. a. to transfix and hold spellbound by an irresistible power …

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  • 47Aleister Crowley — Crowley in 1906 Born Edward Alexander Crowley 12 October 1875(1875 10 12) Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England …

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  • 48Bertrand Russell — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Russell in 1907 image size = 150px name = Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell birth = birth date|df=yes|1872|5|18 Trellech …

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  • 49Marquis de Sade — De Sade redirects here. For the 1969 film, see De Sade (film). Marquis de Sade Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo (c. 1761), the only portrait that Sade actually sat for. Born 2 June 1740(1740 06 02) Paris, France …

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  • 50Grigori Rasputin — Infobox Person name = Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin image size = 200px caption = Grigori Rasputin birth name = birth date = birth date|1869|1|22 birth place = Pokrovskoye, Siberia death date = death date and age|1916|12|29|1869|1|22 death place =… …

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