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  • 71Blameful — Blame ful, a. 1. Faulty; meriting blame. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Blame ful*ly}, adv. {Blame ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 72Blamefully — Blameful Blame ful, a. 1. Faulty; meriting blame. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Blame ful*ly}, adv. {Blame ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 73Blamefulness — Blameful Blame ful, a. 1. Faulty; meriting blame. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Blame ful*ly}, adv. {Blame ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 74externalization — n. 1. attributing to outside causes. [WordNet 1.5] 2. embodying in an outward form. Syn: externalisation, exteriorization, exteriorisation. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 75Idealism — I*de al*ism, n. [Cf. F. id[ e]alisme.] 1. The quality or state of being ideal. [1913 Webster] 2. Conception of the ideal; imagery. [1913 Webster] 3. (Philos.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we… …

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  • 76solmisation — Solmization Sol mi*za tion, n. [F. solmisation, fr. solmiser to sol fa; called from the musical notes sol, mi. See {Sol fa}.] (Mus.) The act of sol faing. [Written also {solmisation}.] [1913 Webster] Note: This art was practiced by the Greeks;… …

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  • 77Solmization — Sol mi*za tion, n. [F. solmisation, fr. solmiser to sol fa; called from the musical notes sol, mi. See {Sol fa}.] (Mus.) The act of sol faing. [Written also {solmisation}.] [1913 Webster] Note: This art was practiced by the Greeks; but six of the …

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  • 78attribution — noun Date: 1651 1. the act of attributing; especially the ascribing of a work (as of literature or art) to a particular author or artist 2. an ascribed quality, character, or right • attributional adjective …

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  • 79attributive — adjective Date: 1606 1. relating to or of the nature of an attribute ; attributing 2. joined directly to a modified noun without a linking verb (as city in city streets) • attributive noun • attributively adverb …

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  • 80ill — I. adjective (worse; worst) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse illr Date: 12th century 1. a. chiefly Scottish immoral, vicious b. resulting from, accompanied by, or indicative of an evil or malevolent intention < ill deeds > …

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