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  • 91execrate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To curse] Syn. revile, accurse, denounce; see curse 2 . 2. [To detest] Syn. loathe, abhor, abominate; see hate 1 . See Synonym Study at curse . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To regard with extreme dislike and hostility:… …

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  • 92protest — [14] The noun protest comes from early modern French protest, a derivative of the verb protester, which goes back to Latin prōtestārī ‘make a public declaration’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘out, in public’ and testārī… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 93testament — [13] Testament is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin testis ‘witness’. This was derived from a prehistoric Indo European base *tris ‘three’, and so denoted etymologically a ‘third person’, who was not party to an agreement and… …

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  • 94detestable — early 15c., from M.Fr. détestable (14c.), from L. detestabilis execrable, abominable, from detestari (see DETEST (Cf. detest)). Related: Detestably …

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  • 95detestation — mid 15c., from Fr. détestation (14c.), from L. detestationem (nom. detestatio) execration, detestation, from pp. stem of detestari (see DETEST (Cf. detest)) …

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  • 96adore — verb 1) he adored his mother Syn: love dearly, love, be devoted to, dote on, hold dear, cherish, treasure, prize, think the world of; admire, hold in high regard, look up to, idolize, worship; informal put on a pedestal Ant …

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  • 97ненавидеть — НЕНАВИДЕТЬ1, несов. (сов. возненавидеть), кого что и с инф. Испытывать (испытать) чувство сильной вражды, неприязни к кому л., не выносить кого , чего л.; Ант.: любить [impf. to hate, loathe, execrate, feel hatred (of), have a very strong dislike …

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  • 98and — and/or is a formula indicating that the items connected by it can be taken either together or as alternatives. Its principal uses are in legal and other formal documents (These ratios indicated that the changes in the order of crystallinity were… …

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  • 99orientalism —    by Rex Butler   Like many of Baudrillard s key terms, otherness [altérité] is divided in its meaning: it is both what is lost in today s society and what Baudrillard opposes to society. It is this that complicates tremendously any analysis of… …

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  • 100protest — [14] The noun protest comes from early modern French protest, a derivative of the verb protester, which goes back to Latin prōtestārī ‘make a public declaration’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘out, in public’ and testārī… …

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