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  • 101leg-pull|ing — «LEHG PUHL ihng», noun. Informal. the act or practice of fooling, tricking, or ridiculing …

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  • 102leg|a|cy — «LEHG uh see», noun, plural cies. 1. money or other property left to a person by the will of someone who has died; bequest: »The two sisters got all their brother had which amounted to a legacy of several thousand dollars. SYNONYM(S): inheritance …

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  • 103leg|a|tee — «LEHG uh TEE», noun. a person to whom a legacy is left. Usage See heir for usage note. (Cf. ↑heir) …

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  • 104leg|ate|ship — «LEHG iht shihp», noun. the dignity and office of a legate …

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  • 105leg|ate — «LEHG iht», noun. 1. a representative of the Pope: »The Lord Cardinal Pole, sent here as legate From our most Holy Father Julius, Pope (Tennyson). 2. an ambassador or representative; messenger: »the legates from Utrecht (John L. Motley). 3. in… …

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  • 106leg|a|tine — «LEHG uh tihn, tyn», adjective. 1. of or having to do with a legate. 2. having the authority of legate …

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  • 107leg|a|to|ri|al — «LEHG uh TR ee uhl, TOHR », adjective. of or having to do with legator or testator …

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  • 108leg|end|ry — «LEHJ uhn dree», noun, plural ries. legends collectively …

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  • 109leg|end — «LEHJ uhnd», noun. 1. a story coming down from the past, which many people have believed: »The stories about King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table are legends, not history. Listen to this Indian Legend, To this Song of Hiawatha… …

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  • 110leg|er|de|main|ist — «LEHJ uhr duh MAY nihst», noun. a person who practices legerdemain …

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