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31wean — [[t]win[/t]] v. t. 1) zool. dvl to cause (a child or young animal) to lose the need to suckle; accustom to food other than the mother s milk 2) to withdraw (a person, the affections, etc.) from some object or practice deemed undesirable: to wean… …
32Epicureanism — Stephen Everson It is tempting to portray Epicureanism as the most straightforward, perhaps even simplistic, of the major dogmatic philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age. Starting from an atomic physics, according to which ‘the totality of… …
33idiom — (n.) 1580s, form of speech peculiar to a people or place, from M.Fr. idiome (16c.) and directly from L.L. idioma a peculiarity in language, from Gk. idioma peculiarity, peculiar phraseology, from idioumai to appropriate to oneself, from idios… …
34accommodate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. adapt, adjust, conform, fit, suit; oblige, help out; lend money (to); put up; lend (to). See aid, agreement, debt, pacification, abode. Ant., inconvenience, impede. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To render a… …
35adjust — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. fix, adapt, true, regulate, straighten; settle, compensate; equalize, rate. See agreement, equality. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring into agreement] Syn. change, modify, alter, adapt, accommodate,… …
36acclimatize — verb the panda Ling Ling will acclimatize to the environment in Mexico before choosing a mate Syn: adjust, acclimate, adapt, accustom, accommodate, habituate, acculturate, assimilate, attune; get used, become inured, reconcile oneself, resign… …
37break — [c]/breɪk / (say brayk) verb (broke or, Archaic, brake, broken or, Archaic, broke, breaking) – …
38use — I. noun Etymology: Middle English us, from Anglo French, from Latin usus, from uti to use Date: 13th century 1. a. the act or practice of employing something ; employment, application < he made good use of his spare time > b. the fact or state of …
39use — v. /yoohz/ or, for pt. form of 9, /yoohst/; n. /yoohs/, v., used, using, n. v.t. 1. to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 2. to avail oneself of; apply to one s own purposes: to use the facilities. 3. to… …
40Coherence (The philosophy of) — Green, Bosanquet and the philosophy of coherence Gerald F.Gaus INTRODUCTION Along with F.H.Bradley (Bradley, F.H.), T.H.Green and Bernard Bosanquet were the chief figures in what is commonly called British idealism. Bradley is widely regarded as… …
