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  • 31ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 32beyond measure — {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {formal} So much that it can not be measured or figured without any limits. * /With her parents reunited and present at her graduation, she had happiness beyond measure./ * /No one envied him for he was popular beyond… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 33beyond measure — {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {formal} So much that it can not be measured or figured without any limits. * /With her parents reunited and present at her graduation, she had happiness beyond measure./ * /No one envied him for he was popular beyond… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 34Charities — Charity Char i*ty, n.; pl. {Charities}. [F. charit[ e] fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. {Caress}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Love;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 35Charity — Char i*ty, n.; pl. {Charities}. [F. charit[ e] fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. {Caress}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Love; universal… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Counterfeit — Coun ter*feit, n. 1. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. [1913 Webster] Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens. Shak. [1913 Webster] Even Nature s self envied the same, And grudged to see… …

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  • 37Echo — Ech o, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Echoing}. 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. [1913 Webster] Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden. [1913 Webster] The… …

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  • 38Echoed — Echo Ech o, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Echoing}. 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. [1913 Webster] Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 39Echoes — Echo Ech o, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Echoing}. 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. [1913 Webster] Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 40Echoing — Echo Ech o, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Echoing}. 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. [1913 Webster] Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English