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  • 71emendieren — Vsw berichtigen per. Wortschatz fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. ēmendāre, zu l. mendum Fehler und l. ex .    Ebenso nndl. emenderen, ne. emend, emendate, nfrz. émender, nnorw. emendere. lateinisch l …

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  • 72emend — c.1400, from L. emendare to free from fault, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + mendum (nom. menda) fault, blemish (see AMEND (Cf. amend)). Related: Emended; emending …

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  • 73mendicant — [ mɛndɪk(ə)nt] adjective given to begging. ↘of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms. noun a beggar. ↘a member of a mendicant order. Derivatives mendicancy noun mendicity noun Origin ME: from L. mendicant , mendicare beg ,… …

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  • 74amend — amend, emend 1. Amend is the more common word, used of making adjustments to a document or formal proposal (such as a parliamentary act), and also as a special word for ‘to change’ or ‘to alter’ in the context of personal behaviour. Its… …

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  • 75emend — amend, emend 1. Amend is the more common word, used of making adjustments to a document or formal proposal (such as a parliamentary act), and also as a special word for ‘to change’ or ‘to alter’ in the context of personal behaviour. Its… …

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  • 76mendacity — mendacity, mendicity Mendacity (from Latin mendax ‘lying’) means ‘habitual lying or deceiving’, whereas mendicity (from Latin mendicare ‘to beg’) means ‘the practice or habit of begging’. The words are ultimately related in having a common… …

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  • 77mendicity — mendacity, mendicity Mendacity (from Latin mendax ‘lying’) means ‘habitual lying or deceiving’, whereas mendicity (from Latin mendicare ‘to beg’) means ‘the practice or habit of begging’. The words are ultimately related in having a common… …

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  • 78mend(ā, -om) —     mend(ā, om)     English meaning: defect, flaw     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Fehler, Körperfehler, Gebrechen” (also “Makel, Fleck”?)     Material: O.Ind. mindü “Körperfehler” (for *mandü after nindü “reprimand”); Lat. mendum, menda “fault,… …

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  • 79mendacious — adj. lying, untruthful. Derivatives: mendaciously adv. mendacity n. (pl. ies). Etymology: L mendax dacis perh. f. mendum fault …

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  • 80mendicant — adj. & n. adj. 1 begging. 2 (of a friar) living solely on alms. n. 1 a beggar. 2 a mendicant friar. Derivatives: mendicancy n. mendicity n. Etymology: L mendicare beg f. mendicus beggar f. mendum fault …

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