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  • 61multi- — combining form Etymology: Latin, from multus much, many more at meliorate 1. a. many ; multiple ; much < multivalent > b. more than two < multilateral > c. more than one < multi …

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  • 62multitude — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French, from Latin multitudin , multitudo, from multus much more at meliorate Date: 14th century 1. the state of being many 2. a great number ; host 3. a great number of people 4.&#8230; …

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  • 63melioration — noun see meliorate …

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  • 64meliorative — adjective see meliorate …

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  • 65meliorator — noun see meliorate …

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  • 66Allen Neuringer — is a noted American psychologist. He is a highly published and well recognized scientist in the field of the experimental analysis of behavior pioneered by B.F. Skinner. As of June 2008, Dr. Neuringer is retiring from being a professor of&#8230; …

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  • 67Douglas Waples — (March 3, 1893 April 25, 1978) was a pioneer of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in the areas of print communication and reading behavior.[1] Waples authored one of the first books on library research methodology, a work directed …

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  • 68meliorable — See meliorate. * * * …

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  • 69mel- — I. mel 1 Soft; with derivatives referring to soft or softened materials of various kinds. I. Extended form *meld . 1. melt, from Old English meltan, to melt, from Germanic *meltan. 2. Possibly Germanic *miltja . milt, from Old English …

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  • 70melioration — /meel yeuh ray sheuhn, mee lee euh /, n. 1. Historical Ling. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Cf. pejoration (def. 2). 2. amelioration. [1620 30; < LL melioration (s. of melioratio), equiv. to meliorat(us) …

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