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  • 101languid — languid, languishing, languorous, lackadaisical, listless, spiritless, enervated are comparable when they mean lacking in vim or energy or, when applied to things, the appearance of it. Languid usually implies an unwillingness or an inability to… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 102Dryden, John — (1631 1700)    Poet, dramatist, and satirist, was b. at Aldwincle Rectory, Northamptonshire. His f., from whom he inherited a small estate, was Erasmus, 3rd s. of Sir Erasmus Driden; his mother was Mary Pickering, also of good family; both… …

    Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • 103stir —    Oni (move); kāwili (as ingredients);    ♦ stir up (excite), ho opi ipi i, hō eu, hō eu eu, hō eleu, ho oulu, ho ūlu, ho ouluulu, ho ouluāo a, pai, ho opai, ho opaipai, ho āla, ho ālaala, ui; kuehu, kaiehu (as dust); ho ohaunaele (as trouble).… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 104REISEN, ABRAHAM — (Avrom Reyzn; 1876–1953), Yiddish poet, short story writer, playwright, and editor. Born in Koidanovo, Russia (now Dzyarzhynsk, Belarus), Reisen was the son of the Hebrew and Yiddish poet Kalman Reisen (1848–1921) and the brother of the poet,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 105literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

    Universalium

  • 106performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

    Universalium

  • 107United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

    Universalium

  • 108moving — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. motile; stirring; touching, affecting; impressive, exciting. See motion, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In motion] Syn. going, changing, progressing, advancing, shifting, evolving, withdrawing …

    English dictionary for students

  • 109Hymnody and Hymnology — • Hymnody means exactly hymn song , but as the hymn singer as well as the hymn poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 110KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism