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  • 101Hebrew —     Hebrew Language and Literature     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hebrew Language and Literature     Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament. The name Hebrew …

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  • 102adjectivally — adverb As, or in the manner of, an adjective. In that sense, the word acts adjectivally, whereas in most cases it acts adverbially …

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  • 103Hortative — The hortative (abbreviated hort, pronounced /ˈhɔrtətɪv/ ( listen)) is a group of semantically similar deontic moods in some languages, especially English. Hortative moods encourage or urge. There are seven hortative moods in English: the… …

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  • 104Colloquial Welsh morphology — The morphology of the Welsh language shows many characteristics perhaps unfamiliar to speakers of English or continental European languages like French or German, but has much in common with the other modern Insular Celtic languages: Irish,… …

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  • 105anyplace, noplace, someplace — Preferably spelled as one word, anyplace is an adverb, a colloquial and informal synonym for anywhere. It should be avoided in careful speech and writing. As a noun, anyplace (or any place) is standard: You may go to anyplace (or any place) you… …

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  • 106first, firstly, secondly — All three of these terms are in acceptable use, but first is more common than firstly. A speaker or writer will often start with first and then move on to secondly and thirdly. Although these ly words are in respectable use, it is simpler and… …

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  • 107some, somewhat — Some is an adjective of indefinite number (some money, some fruit). Applied adverbially in the sense of somewhat ( rather, to some degree ), some is nonstandard. Say The patient is somewhat (not some) better today. Some is informal or slangy in… …

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  • 108of — prep w.d. of, from, out of, off; 1. with the idea of motion, (α) as the opposite of in, into; hé ástáh of þǽm wætere he climbed out of the water; (β) as the opposite of on; Moises éode niðer of þǽm munte tó þǽm folce Moses went down from the… …

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  • 109amen — [OE] Amen was originally a Hebrew noun, āmēn ‘truth’ (based on the verb āman ‘strengthen, confirm’), which was used adverbially as an expression of confirmation or agreement. Biblical texts translated from Hebrew simply took it over unaltered… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 110else — [OE] Else shares its sense of ‘otherness’ with related words in other parts of the Indo European language family. It comes ultimately from the base *al , which also produced Latin alter ‘other’ (source of English alter) and alius ‘other’ (source… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins