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  • 81ap|prize´ment — ap|prize1 «uh PRYZ», transitive verb, prized, priz|ing. = apprise1. (Cf. ↑apprise) –ap|priz´er, noun. –ap|prize´ment, noun. ap|prize2 «uh PRYZ», transitive verb, prized, prizing …

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  • 82case|ment — «KAYS muhnt», noun. 1. a window which opens on hinges like a door. 2. any window. 3. a casing; covering; frame. ╂[probably < case2 + ment] …

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  • 83com´ment|er — com|ment «KOM ehnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a note or remark that explains, praises, or finds fault with a book or other literary work, a person, a concert, or a thing: »The teacher wrote many helpful comments on the pages of the compositions he read …

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  • 84com|ment — «KOM ehnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a note or remark that explains, praises, or finds fault with a book or other literary work, a person, a concert, or a thing: »The teacher wrote many helpful comments on the pages of the compositions he read.… …

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  • 85de|file|ment — «dih FYL muhnt», noun. 1. the act of defiling; pollution: »The defilement of the air and water by industrial wastes is a growing problem. 2. the state of being defiled. 3. a thing that defiles. ╂[< defile1 + ment] …

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  • 86dé|noue|ment — de|noue|ment or dé|noue|ment «DAY noo mahn», noun. 1. a) the solution of a plot in a story, play, situation, or the like: »The particulars of the dénouement you shall know in due season (Tobias Smollett). It s all fairly conventional and unsubtle …

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  • 87de|noue|ment — or dé|noue|ment «DAY noo mahn», noun. 1. a) the solution of a plot in a story, play, situation, or the like: »The particulars of the dénouement you shall know in due season (Tobias Smollett). It s all fairly conventional and unsubtle, with an… …

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  • 88dis|en|thral|ment — dis|en|thrall|ment or dis|en|thral|ment «DIHS ehn THRL muhnt», noun. a freeing or a being freed from enthrallment or bondage; liberation …

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  • 89dis|en|thrall|ment — or dis|en|thral|ment «DIHS ehn THRL muhnt», noun. a freeing or a being freed from enthrallment or bondage; liberation …

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  • 90doc´u|ment´er — doc|u|ment «noun. DOK yuh muhnt; verb. DOK yuh mehnt», noun,verb. –n. 1. something written or printed that gives information and can be used as proof of some fact; any object used as evidence. Letters, maps, and pictures are documents. »A… …

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