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  • 101voluntarily — Freely. Of one s own accord. When used in its ordinary sense, the word means willingly, or without compulsion, but it some times means more than this; and whenever in order to make a statute effective it is necessary to construe the word… …

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  • 102construct — [17] Construct comes from the present participle of Latin construere ‘pile up together, build’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com and struere ‘pile up’ (source of English destroy and structure). English acquired the same verb somewhat… …

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  • 103structure — [15] Structure comes via Old French structure from Latin structūra, a noun derived from the past participle of struere ‘build’. Other English words from the same source are construct, construe, destroy, destruction, instruct, and obstruct [17].… …

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  • 104draw out — verb 1. cause to speak, Can you draw her out she is always so quiet (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑reach out • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer (Freq. 1) We prolonged o …

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  • 105go with — verb 1. be present or associated with an event or entity (Freq. 10) French fries come with the hamburger heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue fish usually goes with white wine this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries …

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  • 106reconstrue — “+ transitive verb Etymology: re + construe : to construe again …

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  • 107PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 108Affront — Af*front , n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Contemptuous or rude …

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  • 109Charactery — Char ac*ter*y, n. 1. The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. [1913 Webster] Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is charactered; the meaning. [Obs.] …

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  • 110Columnar structure — Structure Struc ture, n. [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy}, {Instrument}, {Obstruct}.] 1. The act of building; the practice of erecting… …

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