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  • 11in|ven´tive|ness — in|ven|tive «ihn VEHN tihv», adjective. 1. good at inventing; quick to invent things: »An inventive person thinks up ways to save time, money, and work. SYNONYM(S): imaginative, ingenious. 2. of invention. 3. showing power of inventing: »Great… …

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  • 12in|ven´tive|ly — in|ven|tive «ihn VEHN tihv», adjective. 1. good at inventing; quick to invent things: »An inventive person thinks up ways to save time, money, and work. SYNONYM(S): imaginative, ingenious. 2. of invention. 3. showing power of inventing: »Great… …

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  • 13in|ven|tive — «ihn VEHN tihv», adjective. 1. good at inventing; quick to invent things: »An inventive person thinks up ways to save time, money, and work. SYNONYM(S): imaginative, ingenious. 2. of invention. 3. showing power of inventing: »Great art…must be… …

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  • 14Swift, Jonathan — born Nov. 30, 1667, Dublin, Ire. died Oct. 19, 1745, Dublin Irish author, the foremost prose satirist in English. He was a student at Dublin s Trinity College during the anti Catholic Revolution of 1688 in England. Irish Catholic reaction in… …

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  • 15Education of the Deaf and Dumb —     Education of the Deaf and Dumb     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Education of the Deaf and Dumb     Education essentially includes the process of encouraging, strengthening, and guiding the faculties, whether of mind or body, so as to make them… …

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  • 16clever — adjective Etymology: Middle English cliver, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish dialect kløver alert, skillful Date: circa 1595 1. a. skillful or adroit in using the hands or body ; nimble < clever fingers > …

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  • 17un´in|ven´tive|ness — un|in|ven|tive «UHN ihn VEHN tihv», adjective. not inventive; not having the power of inventing, discovering, or contriving: »In every company there is…the inventive class of both men and women, and the uninventive or accepting class (Emerson).&#8230; …

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  • 18un´in|ven´tive|ly — un|in|ven|tive «UHN ihn VEHN tihv», adjective. not inventive; not having the power of inventing, discovering, or contriving: »In every company there is…the inventive class of both men and women, and the uninventive or accepting class (Emerson).&#8230; …

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  • 19un|in|ven|tive — «UHN ihn VEHN tihv», adjective. not inventive; not having the power of inventing, discovering, or contriving: »In every company there is…the inventive class of both men and women, and the uninventive or accepting class (Emerson).&#8230; …

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  • 20Thomas Edison — Infobox person name = Thomas Alva Edison caption = Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety nine percent perspiration. Thomas Alva Edison, Harper s Monthly (September 1932) birth date =birth date|1847|02|11 birth place =Milan, Ohio death date&#8230; …

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