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  • 111finely — adverb Date: 14th century in a fine manner: as a. extremely well ; excellently < plays the hero very finely New Yorker > b. with close discrimination ; precisely c. with delicacy or subtlety ; sensitively < a leader finely attuned to the needs of …

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  • 112precise — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French precis, from Latin praecisus, past participle of praecidere to cut off, from prae + caedere to cut Date: 15th century 1. exactly or sharply defined or stated 2. minutely exact 3. strictly&#8230; …

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  • 113scrutinize — verb ( nized; nizing) Date: 1671 transitive verb to examine closely and minutely intransitive verb to make a scrutiny • scrutinizer noun Synonyms: scrutinize, scan, inspect, examine mean to look at or over. scrutinize stresses close attent …

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  • 114detail — I. noun Etymology: French détail, from Old French detail slice, piece, from detaillier to cut in pieces, from de + taillier to cut more at tailor Date: 1603 1. extended treatment of or attention to particular items 2. a part of a whole: as a. a&#8230; …

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  • 115mince — I. verb (minced; mincing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French mincer, from Vulgar Latin *minutiare, from Latin minutia smallness more at minutia Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cut or chop into very small pieces b. to&#8230; …

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  • 116narrow — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English narowe, from Old English nearu; akin to Old High German narwa scar Date: before 12th century 1. a. of slender width < a long and narrow room > b. of less than standard or usual width < a narrow sidewalk > …

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  • 117plumb — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French plum, plomb, from Latin plumbum lead Date: 14th century a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction II. adverb Date: 15th century 1. straight down or up ;&#8230; …

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  • 118rummage — I. verb (rummaged; rummaging) Etymology: 2rummage Date: 1582 intransitive verb 1. to make a thorough search or investigation 2. to engage in an undirected or haphazard search transitive verb 1. to make a thorough search through …

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  • 119Azerbaijan — This article is about the country in Eurasia. For other uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation) …

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  • 120Aelianus Tacticus — (Gr. polytonic|Αιλιανός Τακτικός) was a Greek military writer of the 2nd century, resident at Rome. Aelian s military treatise in fifty three chapters on the tactics of the Greeks (polytonic|Περί Στρατηγικών Τάξεων Ελληνικών), is dedicated to&#8230; …

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