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  • 81Legate — Leg ate (l[e^]g [asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus, fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[ e]gat, It. legato. See {Legal}.] 1. An ambassador or envoy. [1913 Webster] 2. An ecclesiastic… …

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  • 82Nikolai Pokrovsky — Nikolai Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич Покровский) (27 January 1865, St Petersburg – 12 December 1930, Kaunas) was a Russian politician and the last foreign minister of the Russian Empire. Pokrovsky attended the law schools… …

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  • 83Marquis Childs — Marquis William Childs (March 17, 1903 – June 30, 1990) was an American journalist. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Early career 3 Novel and return to Europe 4 Later car …

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  • 84legatine — ˈlegəˌtēn, ˌtīn, tə̇n adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin legatinus, from Latin legatus legate + inus ine : of, headed by, or enacted under the authority of a legate the pope would send a legatine commission to England F.M.Stenton a legatine… …

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  • 85Sending — Send Send, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sending}.] [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. s[ a]nda, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa… …

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  • 86Sent — Send Send, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sending}.] [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. s[ a]nda, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa… …

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  • 87Commissioned officer — Commission Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913… …

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  • 88Commissioned — Commission Com*mis sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commissioned}; p. pr & vb. n. {Commissioning}.] 1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an… …

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  • 89Commissioning — Commission Com*mis sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commissioned}; p. pr & vb. n. {Commissioning}.] 1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an… …

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  • 90United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …

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