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  • 101blur — blurredly /blerr id lee, blerrd /, adv. blurredness, n. blurringly, adv. /blerr/, v., blurred, blurring, n. v.t. 1. to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance: The windows were blurred with soot. 2. to obscure by… …

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  • 102Gallicanism — • This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gallicanism      …

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  • 103Jansenius and Jansenism — • The subject of this article lived three quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …

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  • 104Renaissance —     The Renaissance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Renaissance     The Renaissance may be considered in a general or a particular sense, as     (1) the achievements of what is termed the modern spirit in opposition to the spirit which… …

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  • 105The Renaissance —     The Renaissance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Renaissance     The Renaissance may be considered in a general or a particular sense, as     (1) the achievements of what is termed the modern spirit in opposition to the spirit which… …

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  • 106inexcitability — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Patience Nouns 1. inexcitability, imperturbability; even temper, equanimity, equilibrium, tranquillity, dispassion; tolerance, patience; hebetude, hebetation; insensibility.See submission, moderation,… …

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  • 107Swedenborg, Emanuel — (1688–1772)    Scientist and mystic who traveled out of body to both heaven and HELL. Emanuel Swedenborg described in great detail the structure and hierarchy of the afterlife. He believed that people make the choice of either heaven or hell.… …

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  • 108harden — 1 Harden, solidify, indurate, petrify, cake are comparable when they mean to make or to become physically hard or solid. Harden usually expresses an opposition to soften and therefore may be as often used of the process as of the effect. The term …

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  • 109blur — [c]/blɜ / (say bler) verb (blurred, blurring) –verb (t) 1. to obscure or sully as by smearing with ink, etc. 2. to obscure by making confused in form or outline; make indistinct: *There is a small trickle of blood already blurred by rain. –thea… …

  • 110stupefy — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English stupifien, modification of Latin stupefacere, from stupēre to be astonished + facere to make, do more at do Date: 15th century 1. to make stupid, groggy, or insensible 2. astonish, astound… …

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