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• Ad lib
  New Latin ''ad libitum'' '''Ad-lib''' is used to describe individual moments during live theatre when an [
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• Ad lib
  New Latin ''ad libitum'' '''Ad-lib''' is used to describe individual moments during live theatre when an [
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• Generosity
  [ad. [[Latin]] gener-sit-t-em, f. gener(o)s-us (GENEROUS.- ad. F. généreux, ad. L. gener{omac}s-us, f. gener-, genus stock, [[race]]; cf. Sp., It. generos
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• Attack
  *Ad hominem ...''ad hominem'' is a [[classic]] [[logical]] [[fallacy]]. The ''argumentum ad hominem'' is not always [[fallacious]], for in some instances questions of
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• B.C.E.
  ...ation. The use of BCE and CE has been criticized by some (who favor the BC/AD system) as being in their view "the result of secularization" and "politica ...resented as 399 BCE (the same year that is represented by 399 BC in the BC/AD system). The abbreviations are sometimes written with small capital letters
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• Adjacent
  ...L adjacent- (s. of adjacēns, prp. of adjacēre to adjoin), equiv. to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
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• Paramount
  ...ont, from par by (from [[Latin]] per) + amunt above, from a to (from Latin ad) + munt mountain
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• Adoration
  ...lish]] adouren, from Anglo-French aurer, adourer, from Latin adorare, from ad- + orare to speak, [[pray]] Ad, to, and ora, mouth; (i.e. "carrying to one's mouth "), primarily an act of
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• Aspiration
  ...nch aspirer, from Latin aspirare, [[literally]], to [[breathe]] upon, from ad- + spirare to breathe
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• Attribute
  ...rom [[Latin]] attributus, past participle of attribuere to attribute, from ad- + tribuere to bestow — more at tribute
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• Baptisteria Sacra
  1st Century AD - 1700
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• Sadducees
  ...erod's Temple] in [[Jerusalem]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_AD 70 AD], but it has been speculated that later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara
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• Acquire
  ...glish] aqueren, from Anglo-French acquerre, from [[Latin]] acquirere, from ad- + quaerere to seek, obtain
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• Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
  ...e first [[Olympic Games]] in 776 BC to the death of [[Marcus Aurelius]] in AD 180, this accessible and wide-ranging reference work draws on the groundbre
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• Attainment
  ...vict, from Vulgar [[Latin]] attangere, alteration of Latin attingere, from ad- + tangere to [[touch]]
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• Ridicule
  ...''ridicule''', also called appeal to mockery, the Horse Laugh, or reductio ad ridiculum ([[Latin]]: "reduction to the ridiculous"), is a [https://en.wiki ...confused with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum reductio ad absurdum], which is a valid [[type]] of logical [[argument]].
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• Advertising
  ...h & [[Latin]]; Anglo-French ''advertir'', from Latin ''advertere'', from ''ad''- + ''vertere'' to turn In [[Latin]], ad vertere means "to turn toward." The [[purpose]] of advertising may also be
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• Attenuate
  ...from [[Latin]] attenuatus, past participle of attenuare to make thin, from ad- + tenuis thin —
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• Codex
  ...convenient use, the codex achieved numerical parity with the scroll around AD 300, and had completely replaced it throughout the now Christianised [https
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• Accusation
  ...rom Anglo-French accuser, from [[Latin]] accusare to call to account, from ad- + causa lawsuit
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• Legate
  OF. legat, ad. L. lgtus, pa. pple. of lgre to send as a deputy (also, to bequeath)
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