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111indulgent — indulgently, adv. /in dul jeuhnt/, adj. characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent. [1500 10; < L indulgent (s. of indulgens), prp. of indulgere to INDULGE; see ENT] Syn. forbearing, easygoing,… …
112literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
113meek — meekly, adv. meekness, n. /meek/, adj., meeker, meekest. 1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. 2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame. 3. Obs. gentle; kind. [1150 1200; ME meke, meoc < ON mjukr soft, mild,… …
114mercy — /merr see/, n., pl. mercies for 4, 5. 1. compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one s power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner. 2. the disposition to be… …
115patient — patientless, adj. patiently, adv. patientness, n. /pay sheuhnt/, n. 1. a person who is under medical care or treatment. 2. a person or thing that undergoes some action. 3. Archaic. a sufferer or victim. adj. 4. bearing provocation, annoyance,… …
116tolerant — tolerantly, adv. /tol euhr euhnt/, adj. 1. inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors. 2. favoring toleration: a tolerant church. 3. Med., Immunol. a. able to endure or resist the action of a drug, poison …
117William III — (William III of Orange) 1650 1702, stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands 1672 1702; king of England 1689 1702, joint ruler with his wife, Mary II. * * * I Dutch Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk born Feb. 19, 1817, Brussels …
118Pope, Alexander — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy precluded from formal education by his Roman Catholicism, Pope was mainly self educated. A deformity of the spine and other… …
119Taizong — or T ai tsung orig. Li Shimin born 598, China died 649, China Second emperor of China s Tang dynasty. In his father s campaign against the Sui dynasty, Li Shimin was responsible for the conquest of Luoyang, the eastern capital. There he built up… …
120William Henry Harrison: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1841 Called from a retirement which I had supposed was to continue for the residue of my life to fill the chief executive office of this great and free nation, I appear before you, fellow citizens,… …
