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  • 81insubordinate — adj 1. unsubordinate, defiant, rebellious; insurrectional, mutinous, revolting, seditious, insurgent, riotous, revolutionary; anarchistic, lawless. 2. disobedient, refractory, recalcitrant, contumacious; undutiful, uncomplying, noncomplying,… …

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  • 82recusancy — /ˈrɛkjəzənsi/ (say rekyuhzuhnsee) noun 1. the state of being recusant. 2. obstinate refusal or opposition. {recusant. See cy} …

  • 83Herr — 1. Ain Herr, der zu lugen lust hat, dess diener seind alle gottloss. – Agricola II, 221. 2. Alle sind Herren, wer ist Sklave? 3. Alles kamme unsem leiwen Heren alleine anvertruggen, awwer kein jung Méaken un kein draug Hög. (Westf.) Alles kann… …

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  • 84Recusancy — Re*cu san*cy (r?*k? zan*s? or r?k ? ), n. The state of being recusant; nonconformity. Coke. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 85recuse — e*cuse (r?*k?z ), v. t. [F. r[ e]cuser, or L. recusare. See {Recusant}.] (Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 86Ruse — Ruse, n. [F., fr. OF. re[ u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re again + causa cause. See {Cause}, and cf. {Recusant}.] An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. [1913 Webster] {Ruse de… …

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  • 87Ruse de guerre — Ruse Ruse, n. [F., fr. OF. re[ u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re again + causa cause. See {Cause}, and cf. {Recusant}.] An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. [1913 Webster] {Ruse …

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  • 88irrecusable — adjective Etymology: Late Latin irrecusabilis, from Latin in + recusare to reject, refuse more at recusant Date: 1776 not subject to exception or rejection < irrecusable proof > • irrecusably adverb …

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  • 89recusancy — noun Date: circa 1600 the act or state of being a recusant …

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  • 90rush — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rysc; akin to Middle High German rusch rush, Lithuanian regzti to knit Date: before 12th century any of various monocotyledonous often tufted marsh plants (as of the genera Juncus and Luzula of&#8230; …

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