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  • 31harvest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crop, yield, product, issue, outcome. See effect, store, agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Crop] Syn. reaping, yield, yielding, fruitage; see crop , fruit 1 , grain 1 , produce , v …

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  • 32reap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. mow, cut, gather, harvest; acquire. See agriculture, acquisition, shortness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To harvest] Syn. cut, mow, glean, gather, pick, produce, crop, take the yield, gather the fruit,… …

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  • 33winnow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. select, cull, sift, separate, glean, pick; ventilate, fan. See choice, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scatter, extract, sieve, thresh; see separate 2 , sift 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v …

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  • 34extract — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An excerpt] Syn. passage, citation, selection; see quotation 1 . 2. [Essence] Syn. distillation, infusion, decoction; see essence 3 . v. 1. [To pry out] Syn. extort, extricate, pull out, pluck; see remove 1 . 2. [To obtain]… …

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  • 35gain — n 1: an increase in value, capital, or amount compare loss capital gain: a gain realized on the sale or exchange of a capital asset (as a stock or real estate) ca·su·al·ty gain: a gain realized by an insured because property insurance benefits… …

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  • 36save — I conjunction bar, barring, besides, but for, deducting, excepting, lacking, leaving out, not including, short of, without II preposition but, except, exclusive of, less, minus, omitting III (conserve) verb hold, keep safe, preserve, redeem,… …

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  • 37Baptism — • One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the first sacrament , the door of the sacraments , and the door of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptism     Baptism …

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  • 38construe — I (comprehend) verb accipere, analyze, apprehend, ascertain the meaning of, assimilate, be aware of, be given to understand, cognize, conceive of, conclude, conclude from evidence, consignify, decipher, decode, deduce, deduce by interpretation,… …

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  • 39accumulate — ac·cu·mu·late vb lat·ed, lat·ing vt: to gather esp. little by little; specif: to add (income from a fund) back into the principal vi: to increase gradually in amount or number Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 40acquire — ac·quire /ə kwīr/ vt ac·quired, ac·quir·ing: to come into possession, ownership, or control of: obtain as one s own the target s directors don t want the company to be acquired R. C. Clark the court acquired jurisdiction ac·quir·er also… …

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