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  • 41theatre music — ▪ musical genre Introduction       any music designed to form part of a dramatic performance, as, for example, a ballet, stage play, motion picture, or television program. Included are the European operetta and its American form, the musical… …

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  • 42theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present.       For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… …

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  • 43raise — I (advance) verb aggrandize, augment, boost, bring up, dignify, elevate, enhance, enlarge, ennoble, exalt, further, glorify, heighten, honor, increase, lift, move up, prize, promote, propose, provehere, put, suggest, uplift, upraise associated… …

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  • 44tension — noun 1 inability to relax ADJECTIVE ▪ inner ▪ emotional, nervous, sexual ▪ He suffers from nervous tension. ▪ muscle, muscular …

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  • 45increase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of making larger Nouns 1. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilation, expansion; advance, appreciation; gain, profit, increment, accretion; accession, addition; development, growth;… …

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  • 46elevate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To lift bodily] Syn. hoist, heave, tilt, levitate; see raise 1 . 2. [To promote] Syn. advance, upgrade, further; see promote 1 . 3. [To exalt] Syn. glorify, extol, dignify; see praise 1 . See Synonym Study at lift . II… …

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  • 47elevate — el•e•vate v. [[t]ˈɛl əˌveɪt[/t]] adj. [[t] ˌveɪt, vɪt[/t]] v. t. vat•ed, vat•ing, 1) to raise to a higher place or position; lift up 2) to raise to a higher rank; promote 3) to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level 4) to put in high… …

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  • 48Advance — Ad*vance , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a being supposed to be fr. L. ad. See… …

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  • 49Advanced — Advance Ad*vance , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a being supposed to be fr. L. ad …

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  • 50Advancing — Advance Ad*vance , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a being supposed to be fr. L. ad …

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