Grasp+firmly
111Epicureanism — Stephen Everson It is tempting to portray Epicureanism as the most straightforward, perhaps even simplistic, of the major dogmatic philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age. Starting from an atomic physics, according to which ‘the totality of… …
112Postmodernist theory — Lyotard, Baudrillard and others Thomas Docherty INTRODUCTION Philosophy has been touched by postmodernism. Philosophy, in the modern academy, is supposed to be the discipline of disciplines: it is philosophy which will be able to gather together …
113fasten — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. secure, make fast, attach, fix, bind, lock up. See junction, closure, restraint. Ant., unfasten, release. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make something secure] Syn. attach, lock, fix, tie, bind, lace,… …
114MESOPOTAMIA — The original article in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica traced Mesopotamian history to its earliest beginnings and provided a detailed survey of Mesopotamian literature and institutions. With the availability of such tools as J.… …
115Clinch — Clinch, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another. [1913 Webster] …
116clutch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English clucchen, from Old English clyccan Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to grasp or hold with or as if with the hand or claws usually strongly, tightly, or suddenly 2. obsolete clench intransitive verb …
117grip — I. transitive verb (gripped; gripping) Etymology: Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan; akin to Old English grīpan Date: before 12th century 1. to seize or hold firmly 2. to hold the interest of strongly < a story that grips the… …
118Nicholas II of Russia — Nicholas II redirects here. For other uses, see Nicholas II (disambiguation). Nicholas II Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Reign 1 Novem …
119Qur'an — The Qur’an [pronounced qurˈʔaːn ( scripture ). The latter two terms also denote units of revelation. Other related words are: , transliterated as: ArabDIN|bismi llāhi ar raḥmāni ar raḥīmi .] an Arabic phrase meaning ( In the name of God, Most… …
120PIAT — Infobox Weapon name=Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank caption PIAT at the Canadian War Museum origin=flagcountry|United Kingdom type=Anti tank weapon is ranged=Yes is bladed= is explosive=Yes is artillery= is vehicle= is missile= is UK=Yes… …
