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  • 101press — press1 pressable, adj. /pres/, v.t. 1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter …

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  • 102Exemption from military service in Israel — Conscription to the Israeli Defense Forces is done in Israeli in accordance with the Israeli Security Service Law (חוק שירות ביטחון). This law also consists of a set of rules that define in which cases a person would be exempted from security… …

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  • 103po|si|tion — «puh ZIHSH uhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. the place where a thing or person is; place with respect to another place: »The flowers grew in a sheltered position behind the house. SYNONYM(S): situation, site, location. See syn. under place1. (Cf. ↑place)… …

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  • 104List of fallacies — For specific popular misconceptions, see List of common misconceptions. A fallacy is incorrect argumentation in logic and rhetoric resulting in a lack of validity, or more generally, a lack of soundness. Contents 1 Formal fallacies 1.1… …

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  • 105lay — lay1 /lay/, v., laid, laying, n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him low.… …

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  • 106lay — I [[t]leɪ[/t]] v. laid, lay•ing, n. 1) to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk[/ex] 2) to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him… …

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  • 107place — [[t]pleɪs[/t]] n. v. placed, plac•ing 1) a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent 2) space in general: time and place[/ex] 3) the portion of space normally occupied by a person or thing 4) any part of a body or… …

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  • 108site — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. position, location. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. locality, section, situation; see place 3 , position 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. location, locale, locality, place, spot, position, plot, point,… …

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  • 109place — {{11}}place (n.) c.1200, space, dimensional extent, room, area, from O.Fr. place and directly from M.L. placea place, spot, from L. platea courtyard, open space, broad street, from Gk. plateia (hodos) broad (way), fem. of platys broad, from PIE… …

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  • 110Status in Roman legal system — Romans usually used the expression status to describe a person s position in the legal system . The individual could be a Roman citizen ( status civitatis ) unlike foreigners, or he could be free ( status libertatis ) unlike slaves, or he could… …

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