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  • 81kill — I [[t]kɪl[/t]] v. t. 1) to deprive of life; cause the death of; slay 2) to destroy; do away with; extinguish 3) to neutralize the active qualities of: to kill an odor[/ex] 4) to spoil the effect of: His extra brushwork killed the painting[/ex] 5) …

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  • 82kill — [13] The Old English verbs for ‘kill’ were slēan, source of modern English slay, and cwellan, which has become modern English quell. The latter came from a prehistoric Germanic *kwaljan, which it has been suggested may have had a variant *kuljan… …

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  • 83kill — v. & n. v.tr. 1 a deprive of life or vitality; put to death; cause the death of. b (absol.) cause or bring about death (must kill to survive). 2 destroy; put an end to (feelings etc.) (overwork killed my enthusiasm). 3 refl. (often foll. by pres …

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  • 84de|stroy´ing|ly — de|stroy «dih STROY», transitive verb. 1. to break to pieces; make useless; spoil; ruin: »Careless children destroy all their toys. Drought destroyed the corn crop. 2. to put an end to; do away with: »A heavy rain destroyed all hope of a picnic.… …

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  • 85de|stroy — «dih STROY», transitive verb. 1. to break to pieces; make useless; spoil; ruin: »Careless children destroy all their toys. Drought destroyed the corn crop. 2. to put an end to; do away with: »A heavy rain destroyed all hope of a picnic.… …

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  • 86dis|an|i|mate — «dihs AN uh mayt», transitive verb, mat|ed, mat|ing. 1. to deprive of life; make lifeless. 2. to discourage; dishearten …

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  • 87property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …

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  • 88United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 89ASCETICISM — ASCETICISM. Rigorous abstention from any form of self indulgence which is based on the belief that renunciation of the desires of the flesh and self mortification can bring man to a high spiritual state. Asceticism never occupied an important… …

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  • 90Sin — • A moral evil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sin     Sin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► …

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