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  • 91perk — I. v. a. Dress, prank, make trim, make smart. II. v. n. 1. Be perk, be proud, be perky, be smart. 2. Peer, look narrowly, look sharply, scan. III. a. Pert, trim, smart, brisk, airy, jaunty, vain, perky …

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  • 92Perk — Perk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perking}.] [Cf. W. percu to trim, to make smart.] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one s head. Cowper.… …

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  • 93Perked — Perk Perk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perking}.] [Cf. W. percu to trim, to make smart.] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one s head.… …

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  • 94Perking — Perk Perk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perking}.] [Cf. W. percu to trim, to make smart.] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one s head.… …

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  • 95Patent — A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the… …

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  • 96DNA nanotechnology — seeks to make artificial, designed nanostructures out of nucleic acids, such as this DNA tetrahedron.[1] Each edge of the tetrahedron is a 20 base pair DNA double helix, and each vertex is a three arm junction. DNA n …

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  • 97titivate — titivate1 titivation, n. titivator, n. /tit euh vayt /, v., titivated, titivating. v.t. 1. to make smart or spruce: She titivated her old dress with a new belt. v.i. 2. to make oneself smart or spruce. Also, tittivate. [1795 1805; earlier… …

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  • 98Dimitri Petratos — Personal information Full name Dimitrios Pertrato …

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  • 99bite — I. v. a. 1. Gnaw, chew, champ. 2. Pierce with the teeth, tear, rend, nip. 3. Sting, burn, cause to smart, make smart, make tingle. 4. Grip, grasp, catch, grapple, clutch, cling to, catch hold of, take firm hold of. 5. Blast, nip (as frost),… …

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  • 100titivate — tit•i•vate or tittivate [[t]ˈtɪt əˌveɪt[/t]] v. vat•ed, vat•ing 1) to make smart; spruce up 2) to make oneself smart or spruce • Etymology: 1795–1805; earlier tidivate= tidy+ (ele) vate tit i•va′tion, n …

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