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  • 1Heartless — Heart less, a. 1. Without a heart. [1913 Webster] You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster. [1913 Webster] 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent. [1913 Webster] Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground.… …

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  • 2Heartlessly — Heartless Heart less, a. 1. Without a heart. [1913 Webster] You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster. [1913 Webster] 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent. [1913 Webster] Heartless they fought, and quitted soon… …

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  • 3Heartlessness — Heartless Heart less, a. 1. Without a heart. [1913 Webster] You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster. [1913 Webster] 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent. [1913 Webster] Heartless they fought, and quitted soon… …

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  • 4Coward — Cow ard (kou ?rd), a. [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + ard; orig., short tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf.… …

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  • 5boo — expression meant to startle, early 15c., boh, A combination of consonant and vowel especially fitted to produce a loud and startling sound [OED, which compares L. boare, Gk. boaein to cry aloud, roar, shout. ]; as an expression of disapproval,… …

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  • 6timorous — a. 1. Fearful, timid, destitute of courage. 2. Scrupulous, full of scruples, indicating fear …

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  • 7Stephen Crane — For the U.S. Continental Congress delegate, see Stephen Crane (delegate). Formal portrait of Stephen Crane taken in Washington, D.C., about March 1896 Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer,… …

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  • 8Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… …

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  • 9Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …

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  • 10Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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