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  • 11essay — [15] Essay and assay [14] are fundamentally the same word, and only began to diverge in the 15th century. Both come via Old French assaier from Vulgar Latin *exagiāre ‘weigh out’, a verb derived from late Latin exagium ‘weighing’; this in turn… …

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  • 12essay — noun 1) he wrote an essay Syn: article, composition, study, paper, dissertation, thesis, discourse, treatise, disquisition, monograph; commentary, critique, theme 2) formal his first essay in telecommunications …

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  • 13essay — [15] Essay and assay [14] are fundamentally the same word, and only began to diverge in the 15th century. Both come via Old French assaier from Vulgar Latin *exagiāre ‘weigh out’, a verb derived from late Latin exagium ‘weighing’; this in turn… …

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  • 14essay — noun ɛseɪ 1》 a piece of writing on a particular subject. 2》 formal an attempt or effort. 3》 a trial design of a postage stamp. verb ɛ seɪ formal attempt: he essayed a smile. Derivatives essayist noun essayistic adjective Origin …

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  • 15essay — n. & v. n. 1 a composition, usu. short and in prose, on any subject. 2 (often foll. by at, in) formal an attempt. v.tr. formal attempt, try. Derivatives: essayist n. Etymology: ME f. ASSAY, assim. to F essayer ult. f. LL exagium weighing f.… …

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  • 16Radio-Essay — Der Radio Essay ist ein non fiktionales Hörfunk Genre, das sich nach 1945 neben Hörspiel und Feature in den Kulturprogrammen des Hörfunks verschiedener europäischer Länder etabliert hat. Im Radio Essay verbindet sich die Tradition des Print… …

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  • 17Five paragraph essay — The five paragraph essay is a formal format of written argument. It is a common requisite in assignments in middle school, high school, university and sometimes elementary school. The format requires an essay to have five paragraphs: one… …

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  • 18Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies — The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) in Oxford, England, is a programme for international students (mainly American) to study in Oxford. It was founded by Dr John Feneley in 1975. For the first thirty years of its existence,… …

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  • 19Palm Sunday (book) — Infobox Book name = Palm Sunday image caption = Cover of Palm Sunday author = Kurt Vonnegut illustrator = cover artist = country = USA language = English series = subject = genre = publisher = Dell Publishing release date = 1981 media type =… …

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  • 20pandect — I (code of laws) noun body of law, canon, canon of laws, charter, code, codification, codified law, collection of laws, complete body of laws, digest, digest of law, enactment, legal code, principles, statute book II (treatise) noun analysis,… …

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