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61CENCI, THE — a Roman family celebrated for their crimes and misfortunes as well as their wealth. FRANCESCO CENCI was twice married, had had twelve children by his first wife, whom he treated cruelly; after his second marriage cruelly treated the children… …
62punish — v. 1) to punish cruelly; harshly, severely; lightly, mildly; summarily 2) (D; tr.) to punish for (they were punished harshly for their crime) * * * [ pʌnɪʃ] harshly lightly mildly severely summarily to punish cruelly (D; tr.) to punish for (they… …
63treat — I n. source of joy 1) to provide a treat 2) a treat for (their visit was a real treat for us) 3) a treat to + inf. (it was a treat to watch them dance) paying for the food or entertainment of others 4) to stand treat 5) (misc.) it s my treat II v …
64blood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. serum, essence; sap; gore; kindred; lineage, heritage. See relation, fluidity, ancestry, class. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fluid in the mammalian circulatory system] Syn. lifeblood, heart s blood, vital… …
65butcher — butch|er1 S3 [ˈbutʃə US ər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: bouchier, from bouc male goat ] 1.) someone who owns or works in a shop that sells meat 2.) the butcher s a shop where you can buy meat 3.) someone who has killed someone else… …
66cruel — cru|el S3 [ˈkru:əl] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin crudelis, from crudus; CRUDE1] 1.) making someone suffer or feel unhappy ▪ His death was a cruel blow . ▪ Sometimes life seems unbearably cruel. 2.) deliberately hurting people …
67butcher — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who owns or works in a shop that sells meat 2 the butcher s a shop where you can buy meat 3 someone who has killed a lot of people cruelly and unnecessarily 4 have/take a butcher s BrE slang to have a look at something 2 verb …
68cruel — adjective 1 causing unfair or unnecessary pain or suffering: a cruel twist of fate | a cruel blow (=a sudden event that is painful and unfair): My brother s death was a cruel blow. 2 deliberately making people or animals suffer: The older kids… …
69tyrannise — [c]/ˈtɪrənaɪz/ (say tiruhnuyz) verb (tyrannised, tyrannising) –verb (i) 1. to exercise power cruelly or oppressively. 2. to reign as a tyrant. 3. to rule despotically or cruelly. –verb (t) 4. to rule tyrannically. 5. to act the tyrant to or over …
70doubling of final consonants in inflection — The table below explains the differing practice in English shown by the forms hotter, enrolled, offered, targeted, in which the root word (hot, enrol, offer, target) ends in a single consonant. Practice can also differ with the same word in BrE… …
