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  • 1amoebaean — /am euh bee euhn/, adj. Pros. alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue. Also, amoebean. [1650 60; < L amoebae(us) antiphonal ( < Gk amoibaîos interchanging, equiv. to amoib(é) alternation (cf. AMEBA) + aios adj. suffix) + AN] * * *… …

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  • 2Meliban — Melibean Mel i*be an, Meliban Mel i*b? an, a. [From L. Meliboeus, one of the interlocutors in Virgil s first Eclogue.] (Rhet.) Alternately responsive, as verses. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Melibean — Mel i*be an, Meliban Mel i*b? an, a. [From L. Meliboeus, one of the interlocutors in Virgil s first Eclogue.] (Rhet.) Alternately responsive, as verses. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4amoebaean — /am euh bee euhn/, adj. Pros. alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue. Also, amoebean. [1650 60; < L amoebae(us) antiphonal ( < Gk amoibaîos interchanging, equiv. to amoib(é) alternation (cf. AMEBA) + aios adj. suffix) + AN] * * * …

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  • 5melibean — a.; (also meliboean) [In rhet. and poetry.] Alternate, alternating, alternately responsive …

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  • 6amoebaean — /æməˈbiən/ (say amuh beeuhn) adjective alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue. Also, amebean. Usage: For spelling variation see ae1, oe …

  • 7am|oe|bae|an — am|oe|be|an or am|oe|bae|an «AM uh BEE uhn», adjective. alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue form. Also, amebean …

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  • 8am|oe|be|an — or am|oe|bae|an «AM uh BEE uhn», adjective. alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue form. Also, amebean …

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  • 9pleadings — The formal allegations by the parties to a lawsuit of their respective claims and defenses, with the intended purpose being to provide notice of what is to be expected at trial. Rules or Codes of Civil Procedure. Unlike the rigid technical system …

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  • 10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political&#8230; …

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