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  • 71ex|trav|a|sate — «ehk STRAV uh sayt», verb, sat|ed, sat|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to force out from the proper vessels through the surrounding parts, as of blood or lymph. 2. Geology. to force (petroleum) to the surface. –v.i. 1. to …

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  • 72in|cras|sate — «adjective. ihn KRAS iht, ayt; verb. ihn KRAS ayt», adjective, verb, sat|ed, sat|ing. –adj. Biology. thickened; swollen. –v.t., v.i. to thicken. ╂[< Latin incrassātus, past participle of incrassāre < in ( …

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  • 73in|spis|sate — «ihn SPIHS ayt», transitive verb, intransitive verb, sat|ed, sat|ing. to thicken, as by evaporation; condense. ╂[< Late Latin īnspissāre (with English ate1) < Latin in + spissus thick] –in´spis|sa´tion, noun …

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  • 74in|ten|sate — «ihn TEHN sayt», transitive verb, sat|ed, sat|ing. to intensify. –in´ten|sa´tion, noun …

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  • 75ly|sate — «LY sayt», noun. the product resulting from the destruction of a cell by a lysin or lysins: »A lysate…may contain over a hundred thousand million bacteriophage particles (Science News Letter) …

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  • 76o|ver|com|pen|sate — «OH vuhr KOM puhn sayt», intransitive verb, sat|ed, sat|ing. 1. Psychology. to make up for a shortcoming in one s personality by overcompensation: »... the basic Oedipal situation of a son overcompensating by hero worshipping his father (Punch).… …

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  • 77pul|sate — «PUHL sayt», intransitive verb, sat|ed, sat|ing. 1. to beat; throb; expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart or an artery does: »The patient s heart is pulsating rapidly. Figurative. What strains and strophes of unwritten verse pulsate… …

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  • 78ter|gi|ver|sate — «TUR juh vuhr SAYT», intransitive verb, sat|ed, sat|ing. 1. to change one s attitude or opinions with respect to a cause or subject; turn renegade. 2. to shift or shuffle; evade. ╂[< Latin tergiversārī evade < …

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  • 79sen|sate — sen|sate1 «SEHN sayt», adjective. Obsolete. 1. endowed with sense or sensation. 2. perceived by the senses. ╂[< Late Latin sensātus < sēnsus, ūs; see etym. under sense (Cf. ↑sense)] sen|sate2 «SEHN sayt», transitive verb, sat|ed …

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