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  • 81Mainswear — Main swear , v. i. [AS. m[=a]nswerian to forswear; m[=a]n sin, crime + swerian to swear.] To swear falsely. [Obs.] Blount. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 82make-believe — make be*lieve , n. A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. Childlike make believe. Tylor. [1913 Webster] To forswear self delusion and make believe. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 83Renounce — Re*nounce (r[ e]*nouns ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Renounced} ( nounst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renouncing} ( noun s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re re + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius …

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  • 84Renounced — Renounce Re*nounce (r[ e]*nouns ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Renounced} ( nounst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renouncing} ( noun s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re re + nuntiare to announce, fr …

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  • 85Renouncing — Renounce Re*nounce (r[ e]*nouns ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Renounced} ( nounst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renouncing} ( noun s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re re + nuntiare to announce, fr …

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  • 86To renounce probate — Renounce Re*nounce (r[ e]*nouns ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Renounced} ( nounst ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renouncing} ( noun s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re re + nuntiare to announce, fr …

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  • 87foreswear — variant of forswear …

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  • 88Albert Speer — This article is about the German architect who became a Third Reich minister, and later an author. For his eldest son, also an architect, see Albert Speer, Jr.. For the early 20th century American judge, see Albert Spear. Albert Speer Albert… …

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  • 89Abjuration — For the Dungeons and Dragons Spell School, see Magic of Dungeons Dragons#Arcane magic. Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. (It …

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  • 90Impressionism — was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris based artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s. The name of the movement is derived from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, Sunrise (Impression,… …

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