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  • 71Subconscious — Sub*con scious, a. 1. Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; said of states of the soul. [1913 Webster] 2. Partially conscious; feebly conscious. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 72To give one the cold shoulder — Cold Cold (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. {Colder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Coldest}.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan …

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  • 73Underact — Un der*act , v. t. To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 74Weakly — Weak ly, adv. In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 75-zin — Pyrazine Pyr a*zine, n. Also zin zin . [Pyridine + Gr. ? not + ? life.] (Org. Chem.) A feebly basic solid, {C4H4N2}, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same.… …

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  • 76epinephrine — also epinephrin noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary epi + Greek nephros kidney more at nephritis Date: 1899 a colorless crystalline feebly basic sympathomimetic hormone C9H13NO3 that is the principal blood pressure raising hormone …

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  • 77feeble — adjective (feebler; feeblest) Etymology: Middle English feble, from Anglo French, from Latin flebilis lamentable, wretched, from flēre to weep more at bleat Date: 12th century 1. a. markedly lacking in strength b. indicating weakness 2. a.… …

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  • 78gutter out — intransitive verb Date: 1875 1. to become gradually weaker and then go out < the candle guttered out > 2. to end feebly or undramatically < his screen career had slowly guttered out > …

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  • 79theophylline — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary theo (from New Latin thea tea) + phyll + 2 ine Date: circa 1894 a feebly basic bitter crystalline compound C7H8N4O2 present in tea leaves that is isomeric with theobromine and is used in&#8230; …

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  • 80underact — Date: circa 1623 transitive verb to perform (a dramatic part) with restraint for effect ; underplay intransitive verb to perform feebly or with restraint …

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