(give relief to)

  • 81Nepenthe — Ne*pen the, n. [Fr. Gr. ? removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; ? not + ? sorrow, grief.] A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; by some supposed to have been opium… …

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  • 82Parturifacient — Par*tu ri*fa cient, n. [L. parturire to desire to bring forth + facere to make.] (Med.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 83querk — Quirk Quirk (kw[ e]rk), n. [Written also {querk}.] [Cf. W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.] 1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.… …

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  • 84Quirk — (kw[ e]rk), n. [Written also {querk}.] [Cf. W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.] 1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger. Some quirk or …

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  • 85Quirk molding — Quirk Quirk (kw[ e]rk), n. [Written also {querk}.] [Cf. W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.] 1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.… …

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  • 86remit — I. verb (remitted; remitting) Etymology: Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere to send back, from re + mittere to send Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly b. to desist from (an… …

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  • 87reprieve — I. transitive verb (reprieved; reprieving) Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo French repri , past stem of reprendre to take back Date: 1596 1. to delay …

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  • 88Satire — This article is about the genre. For the mythological creature, see satyr. Satires redirects here. For other uses, see Satires (disambiguation). 1867 edition of Punch, a ground breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a great deal… …

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  • 89Procris — In Greek mythology, Procris was the daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea. She married Cephalus, the son of Deion. Procris had at least two sisters, Creusa and Orithyia. Sophocles wrote a tragedy called Procris which has… …

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  • 90Delta Kappa Epsilon — ΔΚΕ Founded June 22, 1844 (1844 06 22) (167 years ago) No. 12 Old South Hall, Yale University …

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