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  • 71artificial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. handmade, handcrafted, synthetic; false, sham, fake, deceptive; affected, unnatural. See affectation, deception, production, inelegance. Ant., real, genuine. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of… …

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  • 72affected — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Being subject to influence] Syn. moved, touched, melted, influenced, sympathetic, stirred, grieved, overwhelmed, moved to tears, hurt, injured, wakened, struck, impressed, brought to a realization of, overwrought, imbued …

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  • 73Allocution — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Allocution >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 allocution allocution alloquy| address Sgm: N 1 speech speech &c. 582 Sgm: N 1 apostrophe apostrophe interpellation appeal invocation salutation …

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  • 74faint action — faint (or feigned) action In old English practice, an action was so called where the party bringing it had no title to recover, although the words of the writ were true. See also feigned action; feigned issue …

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  • 75faint action — faint (or feigned) action In old English practice, an action was so called where the party bringing it had no title to recover, although the words of the writ were true. See also feigned action; feigned issue …

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  • 76At issue — Issue Is sue ([i^]sh [ u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. ie nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a… …

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  • 77Bank of issue — Issue Is sue ([i^]sh [ u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. ie nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a… …

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  • 78Collateral issue — Issue Is sue ([i^]sh [ u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. ie nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a… …

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  • 79Fiction — Fic tion, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is feigned,… …

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  • 80Issue — Is sue ([i^]sh [ u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. ie nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a nobleman,… …

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