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101com- — prefix (also co , col , con , cor ) with, together, jointly, altogether. Usage: com is used before b, m, p, and occas. before vowels and f; co esp. before vowels, h, and gn; col before l, cor before r, and con before other consonants. Etymology:… …
102Hypnosis — For the states induced by hypnotic drugs, see Sleep and Unconsciousness. Hypnotized redirects here. For other uses, see Hypnotized (disambiguation). Hypnosis Applications Hypnotherapy Stage hypnosis Self hypnosis Origins Animal magnetism Franz… …
103Anthony Burgess — Infobox Writer name = John Anthony Burgess Wilson caption = The 2005 Cover of the Andrew Biswell biography (Picador) pseudonym = Anthony Burgess, Joseph Kell birthdate = birth date|1917|2|25|mf=y birthplace = Harpurhey, Manchester deathdate =… …
104Das Judenthum in der Musik — Title page of the second edition of Das Judenthum in der Musik, published in 1869 Das Judenthum in der Musik (German: Jewishness in Music , but normally translated Judaism in Music; spelled after its first publications as ‘Judentum’) is an essay… …
105Jury rig — Not to be confused with Jury tampering. Jury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand. Originally a nautical term, on sailing ships a jury rig is a replacement …
106RAS syndrome — stands for Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome, and refers to the use of one of the words that make up an initialism or acronym as well as the abbreviation itself, thus in effect repeating that word. It is itself a humorous example of a redundant …
107Pope Pius XII and Poland — includes Church relations from 1939 1958. During the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, Poland experienced first the German occupation, and, following that, Soviet inspired persecution, especially in the stalinist years 1946 1956. Pope Pius XII… …
108The Religion of Russia — The Religion of Russia † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Religion of Russia A. The Origin of Russian Christianity There are two theories in regard to the early Christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from …
109-man — Added by some speakers to professional descriptions in order to form a vocative. It is sometimes redundant, as in ‘sailorman’, ‘soldierman’, where ‘sailor’, ‘soldier’ would serve equally well. It is also added to words which would not normally …
110quotation vocatives — A distinction has been made in this study between quotation vocatives which arise incidentally and those which are applied to specific hearers as transferred names. A person who sings the Christmas carol which begins, ‘Oh, come, all ye… …
