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  • 111deficient — 1580s, from L. deficientem (nom. deficiens), prp. of deficere to desert, revolt, fail, from de down, away (see DE (Cf. de )) + facere to do, perform (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) …

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  • 112deific — late 15c., from Fr. déifique (late 14c.), from L.L. deificus god making, sacred, in M.L. divine, from deus god (see ZEUS (Cf. Zeus)) + ficus making (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) …

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  • 113deify — mid 14c., from O.Fr. deifier (13c.), from L.L. deificare, from deificus making godlike, from L. deus god (see ZEUS (Cf. Zeus)) + ficare, from facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Related: Deified; …

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  • 114dignify — mid 15c., from M.Fr. dignifier, from M.L. dignificare make worthy, from L. dignus (see DIGNITY (Cf. dignity)) + ficare, from facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Related: Dignification; dignifying …

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  • 115do — {{11}}do (n.) first (and last) note of the diatonic scale, by 1754, from It. do, used as a substitution for ut (see GAMUT (Cf. gamut)). U.S. slang do re mi money is from 1920s, probably a pun on dough in its slang sense of cash. {{12}}do (v.) M.E …

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  • 116doom — {{11}}doom (n.) O.E. dom law, judgment, condemnation, from P.Gmc. *domaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. dom, O.N. domr, O.H.G. tuom, Goth. doms judgment, decree ), from PIE root *dhe (Cf. Skt. dhaman law, Gk. themis law, Lith …

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  • 117edifice — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. edifice building, from L. aedificium building, from aedificare to erect a building, from aedis, variant of aedes temple, sanctuary, usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, dwelling house,… …

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  • 118effect — (n.) late 14c., a result, from O.Fr. efet (13c., Mod.Fr. effet) result, execution, completion, ending, from L. effectus accomplishment, performance, from pp. stem of efficere work out, accomplish, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + facere to do… …

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  • 119epithet — 1570s, descriptive name for a person or thing, from M.Fr. épithète or directly from L. epitheton, from Gk. epitheton something added, adjective often used as noun, from neut. of epithetos attributed, added, from epitithenai to add on, from epi in …

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  • 120face — {{11}}face (n.) late 13c., front of the head, from O.Fr. face (12c.) face, countenance, look, appearance, from V.L. *facia (Cf. It. faccia), from L. facies appearance, form, figure, and secondarily visage, countenance; probably related to facere… …

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