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::c. as a personified agent. (Usually figured as a skeleton; see also DEATH'S-HEAD.)
::c. as a personified agent. (Usually figured as a skeleton; see also DEATH'S-HEAD.)
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Death''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Death this link].</center>
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Death''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Death this link].</center>
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:2. The [[state]] of [[being]] dead; the state or condition of being without life, animation, or activity. death-in-life, life that lacks any satisfaction or [[purpose]]; living death. (Cf. quot. 1841 s.v. DEATHLINESS.) ¶In preceding senses the death was frequent in Old and Middle English, and down to the 16th c. See also 7, 12c, 13; to die the death: see DIE.
:2. The [[state]] of [[being]] dead; the state or condition of being without life, animation, or activity. death-in-life, life that lacks any satisfaction or [[purpose]]; living death. (Cf. quot. 1841 s.v. DEATHLINESS.) ¶In preceding senses the death was frequent in Old and Middle English, and down to the 16th c. See also 7, 12c, 13; to die the death: see DIE.
