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...nce in a course of [[action]] or [[purpose]]; steadfast pursuit of an aim, esp. in the face of difficulty or obstacles; assiduity. *3. Constancy, fidelity, esp. in [[love]]. Also personified. Obs.

:g. colloq. Result, satisfaction, success. Esp. with negative, and freq. [[ironic]]al. *2. A pleasurable state or condition; a state of happiness or felicity; esp. the perfect bliss or beatitude of [[heaven]]; hence, the place of bliss, [

...woman who engages in [[sexual]] [[action|activity]] in return for payment, esp. as a means of livelihood; (formerly also) any promiscuous woman, a harlot. :c. A man who engages in sexual (esp. homosexual) activity in return for payment. Freq. as male prostitute

...er]]red uses) the only popular sense. The general sense of acquisition and esp. the legal sense as opposed to inheritance, is chiefly Scotch and prominent *3 : Mountaineering. The successful [[ascent]] of a mountain, esp. one previously unclimbed.

...n phr. to pay or give attention. The mental power or faculty of attending; esp. with attract, call, draw, arrest, fix, etc.

*3. Of [[personal]], esp. mental, [[action]], etc.: Strained or strenuously directed to some end; in ...ion]] or [[affection]]. Also, manifesting intense emotion or excitability, esp. in [[æsthetic]] or [[intellectual]] [[contexts]].

*1. An [[action]], esp. of a [[religious]] and ceremonial [[nature]], performed in accordance with *7. a. The action or an act of observing [[scientific]]ally; esp. the careful watching and noting of an object or [[phenomenon]] in regard t

*2. a. The [[act]] of calling to account; esp. the act of a sentry in demanding the countersign. 14th century :b. In weakened use: a difficult or demanding task, esp. one seen as a test of one's abilities or [[character]]. 20th century

*1. An [[environment]]; surroundings, esp. social surroundings. Cf. MEDIUM n. 5b.

:a: archaic or [[literary]] a courtly [[gentleman]], esp. one acting as a lady's [[escort]]. :b: archaic a horseman, esp. a cavalryman.

:b. In later times esp. with qualifying epithet as in 5. Obs. ...appointed by the owners to attend to the business of a ship while in port, esp. to attend to her stores, equipment, and repairs, and see that the ship is

:e. Roman Hist. The [[sovereign]] power and dignity of the [[Roman]] people, esp. considered with reference to offences against it. Cf. LESE-MAJESTY n. Obs. ...of a crowned eagle holding in its talons a [[symbol]] of sovereign power, esp. a sceptre or orb. Obs.

*4. Philos. The opinion or doctrine that all natural (esp. biological or mental) [[phenomena]] can be explained with reference to mec Associated esp. with Descartes (1596-1650). Cf. MECHANICALISM n. 1a, MECHANICISM n. 3.

...ctively; descriptive representation of [[ideas]]; figurative illustration, esp. of an ornate character. :b. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts visual arts], esp. [[film]]: the representation of [[ideas]] with images; [[visual]] [[metaph

...ving its basis in the natural [[order]] or [[constitution]] of [[things]], esp. such constraint conceived as a [[law]] prevailing throughout the [[materia *9. a. The condition of being in difficulties or straits, esp. through lack of means; want, poverty.

1. having committed an offense, [[crime]], violation, or wrong, esp. against [[moral]] or penal [[law]]; justly subject to a certain accusation

*B. noun. A possessed [[person]] or [[thing]]; esp. (with the and pl. concord) people possessed by a demon or [[spirit]] as a

*1. The [[action]] of deserting, forsaking, or abandoning, esp. a [[person]] or [[thing]] that has [[moral]] or legal claims to the desert ...t or of [[duty]], in violation of a [[legal]] or [[moral]] [[obligation]]; esp. such abandonment of the [[military]] or naval service. Also, wilful abando

...ey]] paid to obtain [[pardon]] for an [[offence]] or imposed as a penalty, esp. one exacted for a significant [[offence]]; a fine. *3: A sum of [[money]], esp. a large one, such as one might pay as a punitive fine or as a payment for

.... To show [[gratitude]] to (a [[person]]) in return for benefits received, esp. in a [[practical]] [[manner]]; to reward, requite. Obs. *2. To make a present (usually of [[money]]) or give a gratuity to, esp. as a reward or recompense, or as a bribe; to remunerate; to fee. Also, to

1. a visible sign of an inward [[grace]], esp. one of the solemn [[Christian]] [[rites]] [[considered]] to have been inst 3. the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, esp. the bread.

...e [[thing|commodity]]. Now dial., exc. with prefixed descriptive [[word]], esp. in compounds such as ALE-WIFE1, APPLE-wife, FISHWIFE, OLD WIFE, OYSTER-wif :b. Qualified by old, esp. in the phr. old wives' [[myth|fable]], [[narrative|story]], tale: see OLD

...signating (the use of) a cauterizing agent other than a red-hot implement, esp. a caustic substance; contrasted with actual (cf. CAUTERY n. 1). Chiefly in .... A cauterization performed using an agent other than a red-hot implement, esp. a caustic substance; such a substance. Cf. sense A. 2. Obs. rare.

*1. a. trans. To grant or pay one tenth of (one's goods, earnings, etc.), esp. to the support of the church; to pay tithes on (one's goods, lands, etc.). *2. intr. To pay tithe; to pay the tenth, esp. to the church. Revived in recent use in connection with voluntary church g

...emendation; concr. that which is substituted for what is wrong or faulty, esp. in a literary [[work]]; an emendation. ...of correction: a building for the confinement and punishment of offenders, esp. with a view to their reformation; a bridewell.

*2. The tendency to indulge in wild and extravagant notions, esp. in [[religious]] matters; excessive [[enthusiasm]], frenzy; an instance, a

...nement, or the [[state]] of being so consigned; imprisonment, confinement, esp. previous to trial. ...[[spiritual]] questions, or in furthering a particular doctrine or cause, esp. in one's literary or artistic [[expression]]; moral seriousness or social

*1: a. One who [[speaks]] for or on behalf of another or others; esp. in later use, one who is [[chosen]] or deputed to [[voice]] the [[opinions :b. A [[public]] [[Rhetoric|speaker]], esp. one who [[formally]] addresses a deliberative or legislative assembly.

:a. A precedence among claims; a preference in order of payment, esp. between creditors.

:b. [[Law]]. (esp. in Conveyancing) The cessation of an estate or interest of any kind. :b. spec. A tendency or [[flow]] of the [[body|bodily]] fluids, now esp. of the blood, to a particular part.

*6. As a feminine personification; with reference to the preceding senses, esp. sense 2. ...ject to the control of the municipal [[authority]]. liberties of a prison (esp. the Fleet and the Marshalsea in London): the limits outside the prison, wi

...ting in a particular [[state]], opinion, [[purpose]], or course of action, esp. despite opposition, setback, or failure; the [[quality]] or [[virtue]] of

::1. a. Of a [[thing]]: made or constructed by [[human]] [[skill]], esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs ::4. a. Contrived or fabricated for a particular [[purpose]], esp. for deception; resulting from artifice; feigned, fictitious.

::c. As a count noun: a particular type of freedom (sense 4a), esp. when regarded as a right; a civil liberty. Usu. in pl. four freedoms: thos ...eech]] or [[behavior]]; undue familiarity; an instance of this, a liberty (esp. in to take the freedom (to do something). Now rare.

...n which a decisive [[change]] for better or worse is imminent; now applied esp. to times of difficulty, insecurity, and suspense in [[politics]] or commer

...[[fact]], [[quality]], or [[character]] of being situated in [[history]]; esp. historical accuracy or [[authenticity]].

*2. : A producer or [[cause]], esp. one characterized as [[masculine]]; spec. a male [[parent]], a [[father]].

:b. transf. and fig.; esp. = anything handed down by an ancestor or predecessor

:b. Colloq. phr. for one's health, used esp. in neg. [[context]]s or with negative implication, e.g. to be not doing (s ...tes: the name of boards of commissioners for controlling sanitary matters, esp. in reference to contagious and infectious diseases. office, officer of hea

*2.a. To cast a spell over (a [[person]], [[animal]], etc.) by a look; said esp. of serpents.

:2. a. A religious truth known or understood only by divine revelation; esp. a doctrine of faith involving difficulties which human reason is incapable :3. An ordinance, rite, or sacrament of the Christian Church, esp. (in later use) the Eastern Orthodox Church. In pl.: the Eucharist; the con

...]], sentiment, etc.); the [[mechanical]] or [[formal]] part of an [[art]], esp. of any of the fine arts; the [[manner]] of execution or performance in any

...ign agreed upon or [[understood]] as the occasion of concerted [[action]], esp. one ordering the [[movement]] of troops or ships; also fig., an exciting [

:c. The [[technique]] of obtaining [[information]] from a photograph, esp. an aerial photograph. Cf. INTERPRET v. 1d.

...unicate]] (usually something immaterial) to another or others; to pass on, esp. by inheritance or [[genetics|heredity]]; to hand down.

*1. Fixed or secure in position. a. Of a [[person]], esp. a soldier in battle: Maintaining his ground. (Now with mixture of [[sense]

:c. In plural; often in singular sense, esp. in phr. in hopes. Const. as in b. :d. Personified; esp. as one of the three [[heaven]]ly [[Grace]]s. (1 Cor. xiii. 13.)

...attainment, or the possession of or association with certain lands, etc.; esp. an appellation of honour pertaining to a [[person]] of high rank; also tra *7. spec. [[Law]]. a. Legal right to the possession of property (esp. real property); the [[evidence]] of such right; title-deeds.

...in making contact and fostering relations with people unconnected with it, esp. for the [[purpose]] of support or [[education]] and for increasing awarene

...forgive]] or overlook (an [[offence]]), so as to treat it as non-existent; esp. to forgive tacitly by not allowing the [[offence]] to make any [[differenc

*1. The [[study]] of ''symbolic'' representation, esp. of the [[origin]] and [[meaning]] of [[Scripture]] types; also transf. sym *3. The study of classes with common characteristics; classification, esp. of human products, [[behavior]], characteristics, etc., according to type;

...ng, or the state or [[fact]] of being united, into one [[political]] body; esp. formation or incorporation into a single state, kingdom, or [[political]]

...t of the [[earth]]'s [[surface]] and surrounding its land masses; the sea, esp. the open sea. (In early times, when only the one great mass of land, the E

:5. A linguistic particle, esp. in Hebrew. Obs. ...a musical instrument, each of which when played produces a specific pitch; esp. each of the keys of a keyboard instrument.

*2.a small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, esp. citrus trees: a grove of lemon trees.

...sed for [[Dress|adornment]], chiefly of the [[person]]; a costly ornament, esp. one made of gold, silver, or precious stones. Obs. in gen. sense; now rest *2. a. A precious stone, a gem; esp. one worn as an ornament. (The prevailing modern sense: in early use often

...l and certain other forms of epilepsy; an instance of this. Freq. attrib., esp. in absence attack, absence epilepsy, absence seizure.

...umors]]) in order to [[influence]] public opinion or obscure the [[truth]] esp. [[propaganda]] issued by a [[government]] organization to a rival power or

::b. fig., esp. the ‘[[pilgrimage]]’ or passage through life. :7. esp. A day's performance in fighting; a battle, a fight; = DAY 10. to keep the

:b. b. The [[transcription]] of a dictated passage, esp. one in a foreign language, as a [[school]] exercise; a passage [[transcrib

*2.a: [[Christian]] love, esp. as distinct from [[erotic]] love or [[emotional]] [[affection]].

:3. a. esp. A graphic symbol standing for a sound, syllable, or notion, used in writin ::b. now esp. in Natural History. One of the distinguishing features of a species or gen

...Amer. A literary work considered with regard to its commercial production (esp. film) rights. ...an artist, performer, literary work, etc., regarded as a commercial asset, esp. a person who is very fashionable or who has risen suddenly in popularity;

10. a person who belongs to one of the professions, esp. one of the learned professions.

..., an unsubstantial image (of something); hence, a slight trace or vestige, esp. in phrase (not) the ghost of a [[chance]]. Cf. SHADOW. ::e. Biol. A cell wall or cell membrane, esp. of a red blood corpuscle, that has lost its protoplasmic contents; also, i

...sity]] [[administration]], to [[encourage]] [[co-operation]] among alumni (esp. in regard to donations), and to elect members of the University's governin

*1. something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, esp. one of some importance.

:b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing [[peace]] and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc.

:c. Situated far beneath a [[surface]] (esp. that of the [[body]]); deep-seated; deeply-buried. Also fig. and in figura

...as a verb, as "To kill (people or, less commonly, [[animals]]) in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminately".

:4. The quality of being noble in [[character]]; esp. the quality of having high moral principles or [[ideals]]; loftiness of ch

...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasensory_perception extrasensory perception] (ESP) is complicated by the definition which implies that the [[phenomena]] go a ...body of [[dream]] [[evidence]]. Dr. Rhine collected over 7000 accounts of ESP [[experiences]]. The [[majority]] of these accounts were [[dream]] related

...obj., to wake watch. Now only dial., to sit up at night with a [[person]], esp. one who is sick. In 16th c. Sc. use wake and ward (see WARD v.) = ‘to ke ...eeping; to keep watchful or on the alert. Formerly: To keep (a [[person]], esp. an enemy) occupied, ‘give (him) plenty to do’, allow (him) no rest; to

...e, ASCHAPE, ACHAPE, aphetically SCHAPE, CHAPE, are of frequent occurrence, esp. in northern [[writers]], while in southern use the [[forms]] from Northern

...ion of the [[divine]] [[law]] and an offence against [[God]]; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) of some religious or moral principle. Still in colloquial use, esp. in Scotland

...ited to support a particular doctrine adopted in a Presbyterian catechism, esp. the Shorter Catechism (cf. quot. 1725). Cf. proof-text n. at Compounds 2. ...out to be; the issue, outcome, result, effect, or fulfilment of something; esp. in phrase to come to proof. Obs.

:c. [[Intention]]al overlooking of an [[offence]], esp. a [[political]] one; amnesty, pardon. Chiefly (now with capital initial) i

...n English, at Dictionary.com (esp. meanings 1-5 and 7-8) and at AskOxford (esp. verbs). # See dictionary meanings at Dictionary.com, esp. meanings 10-12. Note that meaning no. 9 in the same entry is the product o

...Dictionary]] states that a cemetery is "A [[burial]]-ground generally; now esp. a large [[public]] park or ground laid out expressly for the interment of

*1: : to utter the [[words]] ‘God speed (you)’; esp. to [[express]] a [[wish]] for the [[success]] of one who is setting out on

...which one longs to reach; an ultimate or idealized destination or aim; an (esp. newly identified) object of personal ambition or desire. Usu. with precedi

...://parapsych.org/glossary_e_k.html#e Glossary of Parapsychological terms - ESP], [[Parapsychological Association]], Retrieved [[December 19]], [[2006]]</r ...ist as a paranormal power.[https://www.skepdic.com/esp.html Skepdic.com on ESP]

...ssession or [[power]] of another who has or is held to have a claim to it; esp. (Mil., etc.) of combatants, a town, territory, etc. to an enemy or a super

:3. a. The action of keeping from failing, exhaustion, or perishing; esp. the supplying of a living [[thing]] with what is [[necessary]] for subsist

:b. Anat. and Zool. A place from which a [[structure]], esp. a muscle or nerve, arises, or at which it is attached; spec. the more fixe

...s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GS1 GS1] has ratified the EPC network standards (esp. the EPC information services [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCIS EPCIS] s

:b. Sc. [[Law]]. Release from a judicial penalty, esp. from a sentence of outlawry. ...y [[Physics]]. The gradual return of a [[system]] towards [[equilibrium]]; esp. the reduction of [[stress]] caused by gradual plastic deformation in [[mat

*3. An image, effigy, or figure of a person or thing; esp. a [[Sculpture|statue]]. Obs.

*4. A sect of separatists or [[dissent]]ers from the Church; esp. in the 17th cent., the body of Protestant nonconformists [[collective]]ly.

:e. A [[work]], etc., supplying [[information]] or [[evidence]] (esp. of an original or primary character) as to some [[fact]], event, or series

...eles alleles] or [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes chromosomes], esp. as occurs at [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiosis meiosis] in the forma

:1. The womb; the uterus of a mammal. Also (later esp. of an oviparous animal): the ovaries and oviducts, or the ovary alone. Now :3. a. An embedding or enclosing mass; esp. the rock material in which a metal, fossil, gem, etc., is embedded. Cf. GA

...sical]] or [[chemical]] properties, into which a mixture may be separated, esp. by physical [[method]]s.

...ng, or passing [[judgement]] upon the qualities or [[merit]]s of anything; esp. the passing of unfavourable judgement; fault-finding, censure. ...[text]], [[character]], composition, and [[origin]] of literary documents, esp. those of the Old and New Testaments. textual criticism: that whose object

*1. An inhabitant of a [[city]] or (often) of a town; esp. one possessing civic rights and privileges, a burgess or freeman of a city

*2. a. A digest or shortened version of a longer [[text]], treatise, etc., esp. produced by omitting the less important passages of the [[original]]; an [

*8. a. One who testifies for Christ or the [[Christian]] [[faith]], esp. by death; a martyr. Obs. exc. as literal rendering of Gr. MARTYR.

:b. esp. That which is taught or laid down as true concerning a particular subject

...ent, of [[Archaeology|archaeological]] or [[History|historical]] interest, esp. such an object found at an archaeological excavation.

The vindication of the [[divine]] attributes, esp. [[justice]] and [[holy|holiness]], in respect to the [[existence]] of [[ev

:14. [[Worship]]; esp. [[public]] [[worship]] according to form and order. Now rare or Obs. exc. ...A musical setting of those portions of the church-offices which are sung; esp. the [[music]] for the [[canticles]] at Morning and Evening Prayer.

...the phrase can (or could) skill, to have discrimination or [[knowledge]], esp. in a specified matter. Usually const. of, in, or to with inf. Obs. The phr

...[[correspondence]] of [[sound]] between [[words]] or the endings of words, esp. when these are used at the ends of lines of [[poetry]].

::d. A crop or yield as used in a classification of (esp. the best) vineyards to indicate the [[quality]] of the wine produced there

Scientific [[investigation]] of extrasensory perception (ESP) is [[complicated]] by the [[definition]] which implies that the [[phenomen

...ng an [[electromagnetic]] [[wave]] or other oscillating signal, or a beam, esp. in order to impress a signal on it; the extent to which a modulated carrie

...al states were emerging as the dominant political form. The government and esp. the church could not reconcile their universal claims with the political r

*5. a. trans. To look forward (esp. with desire or apprehension) to (some future event or [[contingency]]); to ...n expectation of [[death]]; (c) Hawking (see quot. 1891); (d) dial. (esp. Austral. and N.Z.), to wait for a while, to ‘hold on’. Freq. imp.

...tics]]'': A [[transparent]] object in the [[form]] of a geometrical prism; esp. a right prism whose ends are [[identical]] acute-angled triangles, used fo

4. a solution of a substance, esp. a [[concentrated]] one used in the industrial arts.

::b. Free or unimpeded movement, esp. from or about a fixed point; the proper or possible movement of a [[mechan ::c. Esp. in a joint, mechanism, etc.: freedom or room for movement; the space in or

...le]], [[quality]], or [[idea]], into the [[mind]], [[soul]], or [[heart]]; esp. the imparting of [[a priori]] ideas or of [[divine]] [[grace]]

*1:A person's supposed original or authentic [[self]], esp. when regarded as [[damaged]] or repressed by [[childhood]] [[traumas]]; (a

::b. esp. The [[formal]] dedication and setting apart, by a bishop, of a church, chu

...iew to recruiting suitably [[talented]] persons to one's [[organization]] (esp. a sports club); to [[assess]] (an [[individual]]) with this [[purpose]].

*2: a mature [[female]] reproductive [[cell]], esp. of a human or other animal, that can divide to give rise to an [[embryo]]

...xult proudly or contemptuously; to boast, brag, vaunt, [[glory]], triumph, esp. in an insolent or scornful way.

:d. The [[body]], or part of the body, of a [[dead]] person, esp. a saint; a [[relic]]. rare.

*1: confine (someone) as a [[prisoner]], esp. for [[political]] or [[military]] reasons.

...coming evil (15th c. in Littré); verbal n. f. F. transir to pass, depart (esp. from life), to die (12th c.), also (later) to benumb or be numbed by fear

:d. The [[state]] of being governed; [[good]] order; esp. in to set in governance .

*2. Harmony of sound, esp. of musical sounds; concord, consonance. Also occas. of speech-sounds, as i

*The preservation of one's [[existence]]; esp. applied to the [[natural law]] or [[instinct]] which impels living [[creat

*3. Extortion by threats or violence, esp. on the part of the ruling power. Orig. in Rom. Law.

...0 Thabet ben Korrah], c950, in order to account for certain [[phenomena]], esp. precession, really due to [[motion]] of the [[earth]]'s [[axis]]

...thority; a realm, district, or [[body]] of people subject to a particular (esp. ecclesiastical) rule; a dominion. Now rare. ...utation expressing this; a respectful acknowledgement, as a bow or curtsy. Esp. in to make (one's) obedience. Cf. OBEISANCE n. 2 , OBEISANCE n. 3. Freq. w

*2. a similar bow of colors, esp. one appearing in the spray of a waterfall or fountain.

...signating (the use of) a cauterizing agent other than a red-hot implement, esp. a caustic substance; contrasted with actual (cf. CAUTERY n. 1). Chiefly in

:b. Bodily vigour in general; efficiency of the bodily powers; esp. in contrast with the weakness due to illness, fatigue, age, immaturity, et

...d [[communication]] [[channels]] worked. This approach differed from other ESP-related research at the time, which was following the tradition of J. B. Rh ...US intelligence community learned that the USSR and China were conducting ESP research, it became receptive to the idea of having its own competing psi r

4. A cunning or wily person; a cheat, sharper, esp. one who cheats at cards. (Cf. F. grec.)

...ESP development.[1] Her non-channeled books include ''How to Develop Your ESP Power'' (aka The Coming of Seth), ''The Seth Material'', ''Adventures in Co # ESP Power, by Jane Roberts (2000) (introductory essay by Lynda Dahl). ISBN 0-88

• a song, [[dance]], piece of [[music]], etc., esp. one of several in a [[performance]] : they go from one melodious number to

...s of attaining greater [[moral]] [[perfection]]; so counsel of perfection, esp. in [[reference]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel

::c. Of compositions, etc., esp. in apologetic use. ...element; uncompounded, unmixed (or nearly so): a. Of bodies or substances, esp. natural or organic.

:c. Something which restrains or holds in check; esp. head restraint, an attachment to the seat of a motor vehicle to prevent th :c. The state or condition of being restrained; esp. abridgement of liberty, confinement.

...Electroencephalography] (EEG) techniques were also used by team to examine ESP [[phenomena]]. In these investigations, a sender, who was isolated in a vis # Britannica Online Encyclopedia, Retrieved 2007-10-07. The ESP entry includes clairvoyance

...e non-therapeutic or excessive use of a drug; the misuse of any substance, esp. for its stimulant effects. Cf. drug-abuse s.v. DRUG n.1 1b; solvent abuse

:b. A comparatively deep receptacle at the bottom of a piece of furniture, esp. of one fitted with trays, drawers, compartments, etc.

...estiture or embodiment in flesh; assumption of, or existence in, a bodily (esp. human) form. a. spec. of Christ, or of God in Christ. Often absol. the

:b. esp. in the [[physical]] [[sciences]], the opposition offered by one [[body]] t

...RG-bn4MC Reflections on the Study of Religion by Jean Jacques Waardenburg] esp. ''Part 3, The Phenomenology of Religion Reconsidered''

*5. attrib. and Comb.: tolerance dose Med., a dose, esp. of radiation, believed to be received or taken without harm; tolerance lev

:d. To make a close study of (a subject), to ‘bone’ up (on, in), esp. in preparation for some display of [[knowledge]] (intr. use of sense 7b).

::b. esp. Applied to a woman's female friends invited to be present at a birth. *3. A person, mostly a woman, of light and trifling character, esp. one who delights in idle talk; a newsmonger, a tattler.

year was not ESP, but something that depended on an unknown, throughout three decades concerniog ESP phenomena. But one

...ovement; an instance of this. Freq. to make progress. In later use applied esp. to manifestations of social and economic change or reform.

*2. A bar of metal, esp. of iron or steel; also, an ingot. ? Obs. In Her., ‘a rectangular plate o *5. dial. A rod or wand, esp. a fishing-rod. Also, a stake or stout stick.

Appraisal of one's [[actions]] or [[attitudes]], esp. in relation to an [[objective]] [[standard]]. Hence self-evaluative, -eval

...or a fire-arm, employed in steadying the barrel to ensure accuracy of aim, esp. that used for the old heavy musket, which was forked at the upper end, and

:a. One of the personal followers of Jesus Christ during his life; esp. one of the Twelve. Rare in OE. the word in Ags. Gospels being leorningcnih

The [[quality]] or [[character]] of being '''objective'''; (in later use) esp. the ability to consider or represent [[facts]], [[information]], etc., wit

...RG-bn4MC Reflections on the Study of Religion by Jean Jacques Waardenburg] esp. ''Part 3, The Phenomenology of Religion Reconsidered''

* Experience, Dreams (Mystical experiences; lucid dreaming; ESP) ...ESP. What is each telling you in itself? If you think is might be genuine ESP, check it out. How much truth did it contain? But enjoy them all--everythin

::c. A tune or song of established popularity, esp. in Jazz.

*3. A free gift; a gratuity, reward; esp. Sc. a grant or contribution of money made to the sovereign. Obs. (Cf. bene

*7. Relating to the existence or action of some force or forces; applied esp. to a theory that accounts for matter, or for mind, as being merely the act

...wers over the lives and affairs of people and the course of nature; deity, esp. a male deity: typically considered objects of [[worship]]; 2. an image tha ...wers over the lives and affairs of people and the course of nature; deity, esp. a male deity: typically considered objects of worship; 2. an image that is

...Amer. Universally favoured or supported; uncontroversial, bland, anodyne. Esp. in motherhood issue, motherhood statement. Cf. motherhood and apple-pie n.

...as [[magic]] (alternatively spelled and defined as magick), [[alchemy]], [[ESP|extra-sensory perception]], [[astrology]], spiritualism and numerology. The

::b. Geom. Having a common relation to two or more (esp. intersecting) circles or spheres. Chiefly in radical axis, centre, plane, ...; spec. (of a surgical operation) involving extensive resection of tissue, esp. in order to remove a primary tumour and sites of actual or potential local

Delores: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasensory_perception ESP] or [[telepathy]] or something?

...n recent use: The [[action]] of inducing a gentle and easy [[death]]. Used esp. with reference to a proposal that the [[law]] should sanction the putting

*4. Psychol. Used attrib., esp. in sensitivity [[group]], training, to denote training in small groups aim

...a form of address, denomination, or title given: :a. to ecclesiastics, esp. those of high rank. His Holy Fatherhood, the Pope. Obs.

...n. 6); communion-cloth, a cloth used at the celebration of the Communion, esp. a cloth for the communion table; see also quot. 1866; communion-cup, a cup

...were giving and receiving as though this is bordering on [[telepathy]] and ESP which has bad connotations in the past of relating to [[cults]]. Could you

*5. [[Music]] in which elements of more than one popular style are combined, esp. having jazz as a component; cf. jazz-rock at JAZZ n. and adj. Compounds 1b

:c. responsible [[government]]: (see quot. 1910); also in extended use (esp. under influence of sense 5).

...ything else. Most individuals who sincerely believe they have this kind of ESP don’t realize it is a species of super-conscious extrapolation from what

* "Pennsylvania, A History of the Commonwealth," esp. pg. 109, edited by Randall M. Miller and William Pencak, The Pennsylvania

ESP research is attempting to locate the "channel selector

:c. To sell or get rid of at a sacrifice, esp. in commercial use. Also absol.

...Map Is Not Territory: Studies in the History of Religions (Leiden, 1978), esp. pp. 88–146 # Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown (Chicago, 1982), esp. pp. 53–65.

...ransf. Hence applied to the instrument of chastisement: A whip or scourge; esp. one used for religious penance.

...aid with respect to any particular state of mind--perhaps wonderings about ESP or different aspects of western mysticism--astral traveling and so forth--j

...earted guardian of the public welfare. Max had become highly interested in ESP and parapsychology, and many times had contributed cogent comments to the e

.... B. Stonehouse, Apocalypse in the Ancient Church, (c. 1929), pp. 139-142, esp. p. 138 In the [[9th century]], it was included with the ''[[Apocalypse of

...te school n. at Special uses 2] In the language of British public schools, esp. Eton College: a preparatory school. ::private bathroom n. a bathroom set aside for private use, esp. one attached to a hotel room or guest room.

::e. A body of nations acknowledging unity of purpose or common interests. (Esp. in the titles of international organizations, as European Defence Communit

...he whole of life.[https://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9e.html] esp. section on "Abiotic Factors and Tolerance Limits." The concept of an ecosy

...h century, trans. Marilyn McCord Adams and Norman Kretzmann 1982, Hackett, esp p. 46–7</ref> Some philosophers follow [[Philo of Alexandria]] in holding ...h century, trans. Marilyn McCord Adams and Norman Kretzmann 1982, Hackett, esp p. 46–7

...ocess]], or [[fact]] of making something perfect or bringing something to (esp. successful) completion.

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...avery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson'' (2001), esp ch 6–7