various (and sundry) things

  • 1various — var|i|ous W1S1 [ˈveəriəs US ˈver ] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: varius] 1.) if there are various things, there are several different types of that thing ▪ The jacket is available in various colours. ▪ There are… …

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  • 2sundry — [sun′drē] adj. [ME sundri < OE syndrig, separate < sundor, apart: see SUNDER & Y2] various; miscellaneous; divers [sundry items of clothing] pron. [with pl. v.] sundry persons or things: used mainly in the phrase all and sundry, everybody;… …

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  • 3various — variously, adv. variousness, n. /vair ee euhs/, adj. 1. of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory. 2. marked by or exhibiting variety or diversity: houses of various… …

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  • 4Semiotic elements and classes of signs — C. S. Peirce articles  General:    Charles Sanders Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography Philosophical:    Categories (Peirce) Semiotic elements and   classes of signs (Peirce) Pragmatic maxim • Pragmaticism… …

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  • 5Herbert of Cherbury (Lord) and the Cambridge Platonists — Lord Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists Sarah Hutton The philosophy of Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1582/3–1648) and of the Cambridge Platonists exemplifies the continuities of seventeenth century thought with Renaissance philosophy.… …

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  • 6Semiotic elements and classes of signs (Peirce) — Logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) began writing on semeiotic, semiotics, or the theory of sign relations in the 1860s, around the time that he devised his system of three categories. He… …

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  • 7Tax protester (United States) — Part of a series on Taxation Taxation in the United States …

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  • 8Ireland — This article is about the island. For the sovereign state of the same name, see Republic of Ireland. For the constituent country of the United Kingdom, see Northern Ireland. For other uses, see Ireland (disambiguation). Coordinates …

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  • 9Upstairs, Downstairs — Infobox television show name = Upstairs, Downstairs bgcolour = lightgreen caption = Logo for Upstairs, Downstairs genre = Drama runtime = 50 minutes creator = Jean Marsh Eileen Atkins starring = Gordon Jackson David Langton Jean Marsh Angela… …

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  • 10comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …

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