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  • 81Spirits —    A term that commonly appears in ethnographic and religious discourse but remains of uncertain and/or misleading reference. Not only does it translate a wide range of terms for entirely different and distinct types of other than human persons,… …

    Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • 82Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 83Cock breath — (offensive and derogatory) despicable person (imputing that one has performed fellatio) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 84cock breath — Australian Slang (offensive and derogatory) despicable person (imputing that one has performed fellatio) …

    English dialects glossary

  • 85referring — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. alluding, suggesting, hinting, indicating, attributing, mentioning, citing, quoting, bringing up, touching on, remarking, implying, imputing, ascribing …

    English dictionary for students

  • 86ascription — In allocating roles and statuses , or imputing allegedly natural behaviours, cultures make varying use of kinship, age, sex, and ethnicity. Such ascribed characteristics cannot be changed by individual effort, although social movements and states …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 87impute — (v.) early 15c., from O.Fr. imputer (14c.) and directly from L. imputare to reckon, make account of, charge, ascribe, from assimilated form of in in, into (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + putare reckon, clear up, trim, prune, settle (see PAVE (Cf. pave)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 88impute — [[t]ɪmpju͟ːt[/t]] imputes, imputing, imputed VERB If you impute something such as blame or a crime to someone, you say that they are responsible for it or are the cause of it. [FORMAL] [V n to n] It is grossly unfair to impute blame to the United …

    English dictionary

  • 89ascription — n. 1. Ascribing, attributing, referring, charging, laying, setting down, imputing. 2. [pl.] Praises, adorations, magnifyings, extollings, homage, Magnificats, Glorias, Te Deums …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 90imputation — n. 1. Imputing, attributing, charging. 2. Charge, accusation, censure, reproach, blame …

    New dictionary of synonyms