sparing+of+words

  • 111spare — adj 1 extra, *superfluous, surplus, supernumerary Analogous words: *excessive, immoderate, exorbitant, inordinate 2 *lean, lank, lanky, skinny, scrawny, gaunt, rawboned, angular Analogous words: *thin, slender, slim, slight: sinewy, athletic (see …

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  • 112laconically — la·con·ic (lə kŏn’ĭk) adj. ▸ Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise. ╂ [Latin Lacōnicus, Spartan, from Greek Lakōnikos, from Lakōn, a Spartan (from the reputation of the Spartans for brevity of speech).] la·con’i·cal·ly adv.… …

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  • 113Spare — Spare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparing}.] [AS. sparian, fr. sp[ae]r spare, sparing, saving; akin to D. & G. sparen, OHG. spar?n, Icel. & Sw. spara, Dan. spare See {Spare}, a.] 1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that which …

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  • 114Spared — Spare Spare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparing}.] [AS. sparian, fr. sp[ae]r spare, sparing, saving; akin to D. & G. sparen, OHG. spar?n, Icel. & Sw. spara, Dan. spare See {Spare}, a.] 1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that …

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  • 115To spare one's self — Spare Spare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparing}.] [AS. sparian, fr. sp[ae]r spare, sparing, saving; akin to D. & G. sparen, OHG. spar?n, Icel. & Sw. spara, Dan. spare See {Spare}, a.] 1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that …

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  • 116Davidson High School (New South Wales) — This article is about Davidson High School in New South Wales, Australia. For other schools named Davidson High School, see Davidson High School (disambiguation). Davidson High School …

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  • 117Wei Yuanzhong — (魏元忠) (d. 707 [The traditional historical sources were unanimous in asserting that Wei Yuanzhong died on the way to exile, implying, but not establishing to a certainty, that he died the same year he was exiled.] ), né Wei Zhenzai (魏真宰), formally …

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  • 118Amalec (Amalek) —     Amalec     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Amalec     (AMALECITES in Douay Version; or AMALEK, AMALEKITES).     A people remembered chiefly as the most hated of all the enemies of Israel, and traditionally reputed among the fiercest of Bedouin… …

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  • 119Saul —    Asked for.    1) A king of Edom (Gen. 36:37, 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48.    2) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of prayer, asked for ), of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of the Jewish nation. The singular… …

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  • 120spare — [sper] vt. spared, sparing [ME sparien < OE sparian, akin to spær, thrifty, Ger sparen, to save: see SPACE] 1. to treat with mercy or leniency; refrain from killing, injuring, troubling, or distressing; save 2. to save or free a person from… …

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