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  • 41William Kenrick (writer) — William Kenrick (1725? 10 June 1779) was an English novelist, playwright, translator and satirist, who spent much of his career libelling and lampooning his fellow writers. Life and career Kenrick was born at Watford, Hertfordshire, son of a stay …

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  • 42Crabbe — (spr. kräbb), George, engl. Dichter, geb. 24. Dez. 1754 zu Aldborough in Suffolk, gest. ll. Febr. 1832 zu Trowbridge in Wiltshire, war der Sohn des Salzmeisters und Stadtfaktotums von Aldborough, verschaffte sich autodidaktisch einige Bildung,… …

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  • 43Mäßigkeits- und Abstinenzbestrebungen — Mäßigkeits und Abstinenzbestrebungen. Von jeher riefen zwei Übel, die dem Genusse geistiger Getränke anhaften, Gegenwirkungen hervor. Erstens die Unmäßigkeit und ihre Folgen: unsinnige oder verderbliche Rauschhandlungen, Einbuße an Vermögen,… …

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  • 44alcoholism — /al keuh haw liz euhm, ho /, n. Pathol. a chronic disorder characterized by dependence on alcohol, repeated excessive use of alcoholic beverages, the development of withdrawal symptoms on reducing or ceasing intake, morbidity that may include… …

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  • 46Irremovability — • A quality of certain ecclesiastical offices and dignities. It implies that the incumbent s appointment is, under certain conditions, a perpetual one, or for the term of his natural life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Irremovability… …

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  • 47inebriacy — noun The state or characteristic of drunkenness, especially as a persistent condition. WICHITA, Kan., June 1 George Bradshaw, son of a prominent resident here, died yesterday from causes alleged to have been brought about by the treatment he was… …

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  • 48inebriant — 1. Making drunk; intoxicating. 2. An intoxicant, such as alcohol. [see inebriety] * * * ine·bri·ant in ē brē ənt n INTOXICANT inebriant adj * * * in·e·bri·ant (in eґbre ənt) [L. inebriare to make drunk] 1. causing …

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  • 49inebriation — Intoxication, especially by alcohol. [see inebriety] * * * in·e·bri·a·tion (in e″bre aґshən) [L. inebriare to make drunk] 1. intoxication with alcohol; see also alcoholism. 2. a state resembling alcoholic intoxication. Called also… …

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  • 50inebriation — I noun alcoholism, bacchanalianism, bibulosity, bibulousness, dipsomania, drunkenness, ebrietas, inebriety, influence of liquor, insobriety, intemperance, intoxication, potation associated concepts: driving while intoxicated, drunken driving,… …

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