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  • 11Red Barn Murder — For other uses, see Red Barn (disambiguation). Murder in the Red Barn redirects here. For the 1935 film, see Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn. Maria Marten redirects here. For films and plays of the same name Maria Marten… …

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  • 12imitative — imitatively, adv. imitativeness, n. /im i tay tiv/, adj. 1. imitating; copying; given to imitation. 2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by imitation. 3. Biol. mimetic. 4. made in imitation of something; counterfeit. 5. onomatopoeic. [1575 85;… …

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  • 13phrenology — phrenologic /fren l oj ik/, phrenological, adj. phrenologically, adv. phrenologist, n. /fri nol euh jee, fre /, n. a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by …

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  • 14Xia Gui — or Hsia Kuei flourished 1195–1224, Qiantang, Zhejiang province, China Chinese master of landscape painting. Xia served in the Imperial Painting Academy, and most sources agree that he followed the stylistic tradition of an earlier landscapist in… …

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  • 15Crumbs from the Table of Joy — is a play written by Lynn Nottage. Contents 1 Production history 2 Plot 3 References 4 External links …

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  • 16originality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. creativity, creativeness, inventiveness, innovation, invention, ingenuity, ingeniousness, conception, realization, authenticity, novelty, freshness, nonconformity, newness, modernity, individuality, brilliance, intellectual …

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  • 17imitative — [ ɪmɪtətɪv] adjective 1》 following a model. 2》 (of a word) reproducing a natural sound (e.g. fizz) or pronounced in a way thought to correspond to the appearance or character of the object or action described (e.g. blob). Derivatives imitatively… …

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  • 18imitative — adjective formal copying someone or something, especially in a way that shows you do not have any ideas of your own imitatively adverb imitativeness noun (U) …

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  • 19imitative — /ˈɪmətətɪv/ (say imuhtuhtiv) adjective 1. imitating or copying, or given to imitating. 2. characterised by or involving imitation or copying. 3. Biology → mimetic. 4. made in imitation of something. 5. onomatopoeic. –imitatively, adverb… …

  • 20imitative — [im′i tāt΄iv; ] also [, im′i tə tiv΄] adj. [LL imitativus] 1. formed from a model; reproducing the qualities of an original or another 2. given to imitating; inclined to imitate others 3. not genuine or real; imitation 4. approximating in sound… …

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