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  • 61Sought — Seek Seek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeking}.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS. s[=o]kian, LG. s[ o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s[ae]kja, Sw. s[ o]ka, Dan. s[ o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, and E.… …

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  • 62appetite — noun Etymology: Middle English apetit, from Anglo French, from Latin appetitus, from appetere to strive after, from ad + petere to go to more at feather Date: 14th century 1. any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life;… …

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  • 63Tathagatagarbha doctrine — In Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism, the Tathāgatagarbha (如來藏) doctrine (often essentially the same as the Buddha nature concept) teaches that each sentient being contains the intrinsic, effulgent Buddhic element or indwelling potency for becoming a …

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  • 64Newcomen Society — The Newcomen Society Logo of the Newcomen Society Motto Actorum memores simul affectamus agenda Formation 1920 …

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  • 65Municipal Borough of Enfield — Enfield Motto: Priora Cole Meliora Sequere (Cherish the past but strive after even better things in the future) Enfield within Middlesex in 1961 …

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  • 66affect — affect1 affectable, adj. affectability, n. v. /euh fekt /; n. /af ekt/, v.t. 1. to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops. 2. to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply. 3. (of pain …

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  • 67till — till1 /til/, prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. 3. near or at a specified time: till evening. 4. Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to:… …

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  • 68The Highest Good —     The Highest Good     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Highest Good      We always act with a view to some good. The good is the object which all pursue, and for the sake of which they always act , says Plato (Republic, I, vi). His disciple… …

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  • 69inappetence — Lack of desire or of craving. [L. in neg. + ap peto, pp. petitus, to strive after, long for (adp )] * * * in·ap·pe·tence ( )in ap ət ən(t)s n loss or lack of appetite <complained of inappetence and slight nausea (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)> * …

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  • 70incompetence, incompetency — 1. The quality of being incompetent or incapable of performing the allotted function, especially failure of cardiac or venous valves to close completely. 2. In forensic psychiatry, the inability to distinguish right from wrong or to manage one s… …

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