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  • 61angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …

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  • 62Wikipedia:Manual of Style — This guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia s Manual of Style. Use common sense in applying it; it will have occasional exceptions. Please ensure that any edits to this page reflect consensus. Shortcuts …

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  • 63encompass — I (include) verb adscribere, complecti, comprise, consist of, contain, continere, cover, embrace, hold, incorporate, span, subsume, take in associated concepts: encompass a broad cross section of the law II (surround) verb be circum …

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  • 64immure — I verb cast into prison, commit to an institution, commit to prison, confine, constrain, detain, encage, enclose, enclose within walls, entomb, gate, hold, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold in check, hold within bounds, impound, imprison,… …

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  • 65bracket — n. support 1) to put up brackets (on a wall) mark used to enclose 2) to enclose (a word) in brackets; to put (a word) into brackets 3) angle, broken; round; square brackets group with similar characteristics 4) an age; income; tax bracket * * * [ …

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  • 66envelop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cover, wrap, enshroud, enfold, surround, enclose, hide. See circumscription, covering. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. encompass, wrap up, cover, conceal; see enclose 1 , hide 1 , surround 2 , wrap 2 . III …

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  • 67fence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. barrier, barricade, wall, stockade, paling, hedge, railing; slang, bagman or woman, receiver [of stolen goods]. v. i. en close; fight, thrust and parry; parry, evade; slang, bootleg, black market,… …

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  • 68frame — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. construct, fashion, fabricate; devise, compose, formulate; enclose; slang, incriminate, trump up. See production, accusation, plan. n. framework, skeleton; edge, boundary, confines; temper, state,… …

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  • 69pen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stockade, enclosure, fold, stall, coop, cage, pound, corral, paddock; stylus, quill. v. t. confine, jail, impound, enclose, restrain, cage, coop; write, indite, inscribe. See restraint, abode, writing …

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  • 70include — [15] The idea of ‘shutting in’ or ‘enclosure’ is etymologically central to include – indeed, it is virtually the same word as enclose. It was borrowed from Latin inclūdere, a compound verb formed from the prefix in and claudere ‘shut’ (source of… …

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