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  • 21Darkness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Darkness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 darkness darkness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 blackness blackness &c.(dark color) 431 Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity gloom murk Sgm: N 1 dusk dusk …

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  • 22Latency — (Roget s Thesaurus) Implication. < N PARAG:Latency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,526,} latency inexpression Sgm: N 1 hidden meaning hidden meaning occult meaning Sgm: N 1 occultness occultness mystery cabala anagoge …

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  • 23adumbrate — (v.) to outline, to sketch, 1580s, from L. adumbratus sketched, shadowed in outline, pp. of adumbrare to represent (a thing) in outline (see ADUMBRATION (Cf. adumbration)). Meaning to overshadow is 1660s. Related: Adumbrated; adumbrating …

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  • 24Shadow — Shad ow (sh[a^]d [ o]), n. [Originally the same word as shade. [root]162. See {Shade}.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of… …

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  • 25Shadow of death — Shadow Shad ow (sh[a^]d [ o]), n. [Originally the same word as shade. [root]162. See {Shade}.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the… …

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  • 26Shadowing — Shad ow*ing, n. 1. Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading. Feltham. [1913 Webster] 2. A faint representation; an adumbration. [1913 Webster] There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a… …

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  • 27adumbrate — transitive verb ( brated; brating) Etymology: Latin adumbratus, past participle of adumbrare, from ad + umbra shadow more at umbrage Date: 1581 1. to foreshadow vaguely ; intimate 2. to sugge …

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  • 28List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …

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  • 29Asher ben Jehiel — (Hebrew, אשר בן יחיאל, or Asher ben Yechiel, sometimes Asheri) (1250 or 1259 ndash; 1328) was an eminent rabbi and Talmudist best known for his abstract of Talmudic law. He is often referred to as Rabbenu Asher, “our Rabbi Asher” or by the Hebrew …

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  • 30Symphony No. 8 (Bruckner) — Infobox Bruckner Symphony title = Symphony No. 8 in C minor dedication = Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria composed = 1884 1887 1889 1890 1892 composition ended = March 1890 first performance = Hans Richter, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 18… …

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