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  • 71To lay violent hands on one's self — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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  • 72To lay wait for — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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  • 73To lay waste — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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  • 74strip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. divest, denude, decorticate, peel, skin, pull off; dismantle; plunder, fleece; dispossess, deprive; disrobe, undress; cut in strips. See stealing, divestment. n. hue, stripe, bend, fillet, shred; lath …

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  • 75denudation — Depriving of a covering or protecting layer; the act of laying bare, as in the removal of the epithelium from a surface. [L. de nudo, to lay bare, fr. de, from, + nudus, naked] * * * de·nu·da·tion .dē n(y)ü dā shən, .den yu̇ n the act or process… …

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  • 76denude — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. strip, divest, defoliate, deforest; see bare , undress . See Synonym Study at strip . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. expose, lay bare. see strip III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make bare: bare, disrobe, divest, expose …

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  • 77Denude — De*nude , v. t. [L. denudare; de + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See {Nude}.] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands; the hurricane denuded the trees. [1913… …

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  • 78expose — v. a. 1. Uncover, bare, make bare. 2. Disclose, detect, descry, lay open, show up, bring to light. 3. Unmask, denounce, show up, strip of disguises or concealments, show in one s real light. 4. Subject, make liable. 5. Endanger, jeopardize, put… …

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  • 79strip — strip1 [strip] vt. stripped, stripping [ME strepen < OE stripan, akin to streifen, to strip off < IE * streub < base * ster , to streak, stroke > STRIKE] 1. to remove (the clothing or covering) of or from (a person); make naked;… …

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  • 80barian — wv/t1a 3rd pres bareþ past barede ptp gebared 1. to lay bare, uncover, remove a covering; 1a. to discover, disclose, uncover; 2. to strip, despoil, make bare; 2a. to depopulate …

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