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  • 111sculpture — sculptural, adj. sculpturally, adv. /skulp cheuhr/, n., v., sculptured, sculpturing. n. 1. the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the… …

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  • 112Greedy reductionism — is a term coined by Daniel Dennett, in his 1995 book Darwin s Dangerous Idea, to refer to a kind of erroneous reductionism. Whereas good reductionism means explaining a thing in terms of what it reduces to (for example, its parts and their… …

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  • 113All About Eve — Infobox Film name = All About Eve iamge size = 215px caption = 1967 US re release film poster director = Joseph L. Mankiewicz writer = Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring = Bette Davis Anne Baxter George Sanders Celeste Holm producer = Darryl F. Zanuck …

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  • 114Gigi d'Agostino — Gigi d’Agostino, de son vrai nom Luigino Celestino di Agostino, né le 17 décembre 1967 à Turin, est un disc jockey italien. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Discographie 2.1 Albums …

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  • 115set — Synonyms and related words: A to Z, A to izzard, Brownian movement, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Zeitgeist, abet, accepted, accommodate, accord, accretion, acrid, aculeate, acuminate, acute, adapt, address, adhere, adherence, adhesion, adjust,… …

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  • 116secure — adj *safe Analogous words: *firm, solid: protected, shielded, guarded, safeguarded, defended (see DEFEND): certain, *positive, *sure: impregnable, unassailable, invulnerable, *invincible …

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  • 117hang — [haŋ] vt. HUNG, hanging; for vt. 3 & vi. 5, hanged is the preferred pt. & pp. hung [ME hangen, with form < OE vi. hangian & ON vi. hanga; senses < these, also < OE vt. hon & ON caus. v. hengja; akin to Ger vi. hangen, vt. hängen, to… …

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  • 118stick — [stik] n. [ME stikke < OE sticca, akin to Du stek, ON stik < IE base * steig , a point > STAKE, Frank * stakka, Gr stigma, L instigare, INSTIGATE] 1. a long, usually slender piece of wood; specif., a) a twig or small branch broken off or …

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  • 119Seize — Seize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See {Set}, v …

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  • 120Seized — Seize Seize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See… …

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