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  • 31Dark sentence — Sentence Sen tence, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Tales of best… …

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  • 32sentence — sen|tence1 [ sent(ə)ns ] noun count *** 1. ) a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that express a statement, question, or instruction. A written sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a PERIOD, QUESTION MARK, or… …

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  • 33sentence — 1 / sentFns/ noun (C) 1 a group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb, expresses a complete idea or asks a question, and that, when written in English, begins with a capital letter and ends with a full­stop1 (1) 2 a punishment that… …

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  • 34pass — 1 verb 1 GO PAST (I, T) to come up to a particular point or object and go past it: The crowd parted to let the truck pass. | They kept quiet until the soldiers had passed. | pass sb/sth: We passed each other on the staircase. | I pass the sports… …

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  • 35pass — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 in sports ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, long ▪ short ▪ good, perfect ▪ dropped, errant …

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  • 36sentence — {{11}}sentence (n.) late 13c., doctrine, authoritative teaching, from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia thought, meaning, judgment, opinion, from sentientem, prp. of sentire be of opinion, feel, perceive (see SENSE (Cf. sense)). Loss of… …

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  • 37pass*/*/*/ — [pɑːs] verb I 1) [I/T] to go past something The procession slowly passed us.[/ex] They stopped at the crossing, waiting for the train to pass.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to move, or to move something, in a particular direction or to a particular place or… …

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  • 38To pass a dividend — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …

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  • 39To pass away — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …

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  • 40To pass by — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …

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