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• Agape
  *2.a: [[Christian]] love, esp. as distinct from [[erotic]] love or [[emotional]] [[affection]].
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• Character
  :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
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• Property
  ...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;
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• Professional
  10. a person who belongs to one of the professions, esp. one of the learned professions.
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• Ghost
  ..., 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
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• Convocation
  ...sity]] [[administration]], to [[encourage]] [[co-operation]] among alumni (esp. in regard to donations), and to elect members of the University's governin
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• Event
  *1. something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, esp. one of some importance.
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• Assurance
  :b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing [[peace]] and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc.
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• Profound
  :c. Situated far beneath a [[surface]] (esp. that of the [[body]]); deep-seated; deeply-buried. Also fig. and in figura
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• Massacre
  ...as a verb, as "To kill (people or, less commonly, [[animals]]) in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminately".
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• Nobility
  :4. The quality of being noble in [[character]]; esp. the quality of having high moral principles or [[ideals]]; loftiness of ch
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• Precognition
  ...://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
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• Wake
  ...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
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• Escape
  ...e, ASCHAPE, ACHAPE, aphetically SCHAPE, CHAPE, are of frequent occurrence, esp. in northern [[writers]], while in southern use the [[forms]] from Northern
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• Sin
  ...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
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• Proof
  ...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.
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• Oblivion
  :c. [[Intention]]al overlooking of an [[offence]], esp. a [[political]] one; amnesty, pardon. Chiefly (now with capital initial) i
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• Design
  ...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
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• Cemetery
  ...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
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• Godspeed
  *1: : to utter the [[words]] ‘God speed (you)’; esp. to [[express]] a [[wish]] for the [[success]] of one who is setting out on
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