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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[ME. caracter(e, a. F. caractere, ad. L. charact{emac}r, a. Gr. instrument for marking or graving, impress, stamp, distinctive mark, distinctive nature, f. to make sharp, cut furrows in, engrave; or perhaps a refashioning of the earlier F. caracte after this. In Eng. it was further assimilated in 16th c. by (fictitious) spelling with ch-. (Wyclif used both caracte and caracter; he may have taken the latter directly from Latin, as Littré cites F. caractère only from 15th c. In 16-17th c. often cha{sm}racter.]
[ME. caracter(e, a. F. caractere, ad. L. charact{emac}r, a. Gr. instrument for marking or graving, impress, stamp, distinctive mark, distinctive nature, f. to make sharp, cut furrows in, engrave; or perhaps a refashioning of the earlier F. caracte after this. In Eng. it was further assimilated in 16th c. by (fictitious) spelling with ch-. (Wyclif used both caracte and caracter; he may have taken the latter directly from Latin, as Littré cites F. caractère only from 15th c. In 16-17th c. often cha{sm}racter.]
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==Meanings==
==Meanings==
I. Literal senses.
I. Literal senses.
