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  • 41Vie — Vie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.] [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.] 1. To stake a sum upon a… …

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  • 42Vied — Vie Vie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.] [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.] 1. To stake a sum… …

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  • 43Vying — Vie Vie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.] [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.] 1. To stake a sum… …

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  • 44envious — adjective Date: 13th century 1. feeling or showing envy < envious of their neighbor s new car > < envious looks > 2. archaic a. emulous b. enviable • enviously adverb • envi …

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  • 45emulate — I. transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin aemulatus, past participle of aemulari, from aemulus rivaling Date: 1582 1. a. to strive to equal or excel b. imitate; especially to imitate by means of an emulator 2. to equa …

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  • 46emulously — adverb see emulous …

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  • 47emulousness — noun see emulous …

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  • 48Matron Stakes (Ireland) — Group 1 race Matron Stakes Location Leopardstown Co. Dublin, Ireland Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Sponsor Coolmore Website Leopardstown …

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  • 49Violet Beauregarde — is a fictional character from the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the subsequent film adaptations.BackgroundViolet Beauregarde is the third of the five children to find one of Willy Wonka s elusive Golden Tickets, but is&#8230; …

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  • 50Gary &amp; Mike — Infobox Television show name = Gary Mike imagebg = #DF0704 caption = format = Animation genre = Claymation Sitcom runtime = 20–23 mins creator = Fax Bahr Adam Small developer = Will Vinton Studios voices = Harland Williams Christopher Moynihan&#8230; …

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