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81William-Shakespeare-Urheberschaft — Vorderseite des sogenannten First Folio (1623), tituliert mit “the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays”. Die „Folio“ Ausgabe mit ihrem Porträt spielt eine erhebliche Rolle in der Debatte um die Urheberschaft. Der Kupferstich wird… …
82extenuative — See extenuate. * * * …
83ten- — [ten] prefix combining form TENO : used before a vowel * * * To stretch. Derivatives include tendon, pretend, hypotenuse, tenement, tenor, entertain …
84excuse — excusable, adj. excusableness, n. excusably, adv. excusal, n. excuseless, adj. excuser, n. excusingly, adv. excusive, adj. excusively, adv. v …
85extenuation — /ik sten yooh ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of extenuating. 2. the state of being extenuated. 3. something that extenuates; a partial excuse: The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation. [1375 1425; late ME extenuacioun < L extenuation (s. of …
86gloze — glozingly, adv. /glohz/, v., glozed, glozing, n. v.t. 1. to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually fol. by over). v.i. 2. Archaic. to make glosses; comment. n. 3. Archaic. flattery or deceit. 4. Obs. a specious show. [1250 1300; ME < OF… …
87palliate — palliation, n. palliator, n. /pal ee ayt /, v.t., palliated, palliating. 1. to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate. 2. to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate. [1540 50; < …
88Protectorate of Missions — • The right of protection exercised by a Christian power in an infidel country with regard to the persons and establishments of the missionaries. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Protectorate of Missions Prote …
89acquit — ac·quit /ə kwit/ vb ac·quit·ted, ac·quit·ting [Old French acquiter to pay off, absolve, acquit, from a , prefix marking causation + quite free (of an obligation)] vt: to discharge completely: as a: to release from liability for a debt or other… …
90condone — con·done /kən dōn/ vt con·doned, con·don·ing [Latin condonare to give away, absolve]: to pardon or overlook voluntarily Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. condone …
