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  • 51drive — I. verb (drove; driven; driving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drīfan; akin to Old High German trīban to drive Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to frighten or prod (as game or cattle) into moving in a desired… …

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  • 52manifold — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English manigfeald, from manig many + feald fold Date: before 12th century 1. a. marked by diversity or variety b. many 2. comprehending or uniting various features ; multifarious 3 …

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  • 53Lesbian — This article is about the sexual orientation. For other uses, see Lesbian (disambiguation) …

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  • 54Guru — For other uses, see Guru (disambiguation). A guru (Sanskrit: गुरु) is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others (teacher). Other forms of manifestation of this… …

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  • 55Mandarin Chinese profanity — The traditional Chinese characters for the word huàidàn (壞蛋/坏蛋), a Mandarin Chinese profanity meaning, literally, bad egg Mandarin Chinese profanity consists of many slang words and insults involving sex. While many offensive words and expletives …

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  • 56Clàrsach — The medieval Queen Mary harp Clàrsach na Banrìgh Màiri preserved in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Clàrsach or Cláirseach (depending on Scottish Gaelic or Irish spellings), is the generic Gaelic word for a harp , as derived from… …

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  • 57biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 58From the beginnings to Avicenna — Jean Jolivet INTRODUCTION Arabic philosophy began at the turn of the second and third centuries of the Hegira, roughly the ninth and tenth centuries AD. The place and the time are important. It was in 133/750 that the ‘Abbāssid dynasty came to… …

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  • 59emotive — [ɪ məʊtɪv] adjective arousing intense feeling: animal experimentation is an emotive subject. Derivatives emotively adverb emotiveness noun emotivity ˌi:məʊ tɪvɪti noun Usage The words emotive and …

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  • 60affect — simulate, *assume, pretend, feign, counterfeit, sham affect 1 Affect, influence, touch, impress, strike, sway are more or less closely synonymous when they mean to produce or to have an effect upon a person or upon a thing capable of a reaction.… …

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