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  • 41Risible — Ris i*ble, a. [F., fr. L. risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. {Ridiculous}.] 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. [1913 Webster] Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the definition of man that he is… …

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  • 42Risibleness — Risible Ris i*ble, a. [F., fr. L. risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. {Ridiculous}.] 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. [1913 Webster] Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the definition of man that… …

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  • 43Risibly — Risible Ris i*ble, a. [F., fr. L. risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. {Ridiculous}.] 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. [1913 Webster] Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the definition of man that… …

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  • 44Southcottian — South*cot ti*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750 1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 45Viewy — View y, a. 1. Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person. [1913 Webster] 2. Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination. [1913 Webster] A government intent on showy absurdities and viewy enterprises rather …

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  • 46vindictive damages — Damage Dam age (d[a^]m [asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.… …

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  • 47Abraham Joshua Heschel — (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Warsaw born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians of the 20th century.BiographyAbraham Joshua Heschel was descended from preeminent European rabbis on both sides of the family. . His …

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  • 48Bodhidharma — Bodhidharma, woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, 1887 …

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  • 49Dave Barry — This article is about the author and columnist. For other uses, see David Barry. David Dave Barry Dave Barry at the 2011 Washington Post Hunt Born David Barry July 3, 1947 (1947 07 03) …

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  • 50Demiurge — Part of a series on God General conceptions …

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