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  • 91crucify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English crucifien, from Anglo French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere Date: 14th century 1. to put to death by nailing or binding the wrists or hands and feet to a cross 2. to destroy the… …

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  • 92cruel — adjective (crueler or crueller; cruelest or cruellest) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin crudelis, from crudus Date: 14th century 1. disposed to inflict pain or suffering ; devoid of humane feelings …

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  • 93ill-treat — transitive verb Date: 1689 to treat cruelly or improperly ; maltreat • ill treatment noun …

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  • 94maltreat — transitive verb Etymology: part translation of French maltraiter, from Middle French, from mal + traiter to treat, from Old French traitier more at treat Date: 1708 to treat cruelly or roughly ; abuse • maltreater noun • maltreatment noun …

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  • 95treat — I. verb Etymology: Middle English treten, from Anglo French treter, traiter, traitier, from Latin tractare to drag about, handle, deal with, frequentative of trahere to drag, pull Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to discuss terms of… …

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  • 96use — I. noun Etymology: Middle English us, from Anglo French, from Latin usus, from uti to use Date: 13th century 1. a. the act or practice of employing something ; employment, application < he made good use of his spare time > b. the fact or state of …

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  • 97Amazons — For other uses, see Amazon (disambiguation). Amazon preparing for a battle (Queen Antiop or Armed Venus), by Pierre Eugène Emile Hébert 1860 (National Gallery of Art, Washington …

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  • 98Ammianus Marcellinus — (English /ˌæmi eɪnəs ˌmɑ(r)sɛl aɪnəs/) (325/330–after 391) was a fourth century Roman historian. He wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from Antiquity (the last was written by Procopius). His work chronicled in Latin the&#8230; …

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  • 100Constantine II of Scotland — Constantine II King of Alba Reign 900–943 Predecessor Donald II Successor Malcolm I …

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