Hollowness

  • 31Plump — Plump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumping}.] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. [1913 Webster] To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To cast… …

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  • 32Plumped — Plump Plump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumping}.] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. [1913 Webster] To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 33Plumping — Plump Plump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumping}.] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. [1913 Webster] To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 34Solidity — So*lid i*ty, n. [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidit[ e].] 1. The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, opposed to {fluidity}; compactness; fullness of matter, opposed to {openness} or {hollowness}; strength; soundness, opposed to… …

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  • 35butterfly — I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous slender bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising …

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  • 36hollow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English holw, holh, from Old English holh hole, hollow more at hole Date: before 12th century 1. an unfilled space ; cavity, hole 2. a depressed or low part of a surface; especially a small valley or basin II …

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  • 37sham — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from English dialect sham shame, alteration of English shame Date: 1677 1. a trick that deludes ; hoax < feared that the deal was a sham > 2. cheap falseness ; hypocrisy < saw through the hollowness, the …

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  • 38void — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English voyde, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vocivus, vacivus empty, from vacare to be empty Date: 14th century 1. a. not occupied ; vacant < a void bishopric > b. not inhabited …

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  • 39John Ray — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =200px caption = PAGENAME birth date = November 29, 1622 birth place = Black Notley, near Braintree death date = January 17, 1705 death place = residence = |citizenship = nationality =&#8230; …

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  • 40Prophet — In religion, a prophet (or prophetess) is a person who has encountered the supernatural or the divine and serves as an intermediary with humanity. [ [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prophet prophet definition of prophet by the Free Online&#8230; …

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