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  • 1deficient — adj Deficient, defective mean showing lack of something necessary. The words are sometimes used interchangeably though they tend to diverge in their meanings. Deficient typically implies a falling short in the amount, quantity, or force… …

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  • 2deficient — defective, deficient Defective means ‘having a defect (= fault)’, whereas deficient means ‘having a deficiency (or lack)’. So eyesight, components, goods, logic, mechanisms, products, workmanship, etc., can all be defective if they are not… …

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  • 3Timorous — Tim or*ous, a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See {Timid}.] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. The timorous apostasy of… …

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  • 4Timorously — Timorous Tim or*ous, a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See {Timid}.] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. The timorous… …

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  • 5Timorousness — Timorous Tim or*ous, a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See {Timid}.] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. The timorous… …

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  • 6Frederick III of Denmark — Infobox Danish Royalty|monarch name = Frederick III title = King of Denmark and Norway reign = coronation = predecessor = Christian IV successor = Christian V spouse = Sophie Amalie of Brunswick Lüneburg issue = Christian V Princess Frederica… …

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  • 8Liste de locutions latines — Cet article contient une liste de locutions latines présentée par ordre alphabétique. Pour des explications morphologiques et linguistiques générales, consulter l article : Expression latine. Sommaire  A   B … …

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  • 9débile — [ debil ] adj. et n. • v. 1265 ; lat. debilis 1 ♦ Qui manque de force physique, d une manière permanente. ⇒ faible, fragile, frêle, malingre. Un enfant débile. ⇒ rachitique. Un vieillard débile. ⇒ cacochyme, égrotant. « Un corps débile affaiblit… …

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  • 10Character education — is an umbrella term loosely used to describe the teaching of children in a manner that will help them develop variously as moral, civic, good, mannered, behaved, non bullying, healthy, critical, successful, traditional, compliant and/ or socially …

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