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101Muʿāwiyah I — ▪ Umayyad caliph Introduction in full Muʿāwiyah Ibn Abī Sufyān, Muʿāwiyah also spelled Moawiyah born c. 602, , Mecca, Arabia died , April/May 680, Damascus early Islāmic leader and founder of the great Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs. He… …
102Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany Germany † …
103Francisco Lopez de Gomara — Francisco Lopez de Gómara † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Francisco Lopez de Gómara (Or GOMORA.) Born at Seville, Spain, in 1510; studied at the University of Alcalá, was ordained priest, made a journey to Rome, and upon his return in… …
104Giulio Alberoni — Giulio Alberoni † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Giulio Alberoni Cardinal and statesman; b. 30 May, 1664, at Firenzuola in the duchy of Parma; d. 26 June, 1752, at Piacenza. He was the son of very poor parents, and laboured as a farm hand or …
105accrue — ac·crue /ə krü/ vb ac·crued, ac·cru·ing [Middle French accreue increase, addition to a property, from feminine of accreu, past participle of acreistre to increase] vi 1: to come into existence as an enforceable claim: vest as a right… …
106depreciate — verb a) To reduce in value over time. b) To belittle Syn: do down Ant: appreciate, aggrandise, aggrandize, big up …
107advance — 1. verb /ədˈvɑːns,ədˈvæns/ a) To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shakespeare b) To raise to a higher rank; to promote. to advance the ripening of fruit …
108embiggen — verb /ɛmˈbɪɡə̆n/ <! Nonce status questionable, considering its use in an academic paper (see the 2006 cite) To make or become bigger. Are there not, however, barbarous verbs in all languages? , but the people magnified them, to make great or… …
109mitigate — verb /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ To reduce, lessen, or decrease. Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility. Syn: check, diminish, ease …
110LIFT — vt: to put an end to: make no longer effective lift the stay Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. lift I …
