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  • 51Delusion — De*lu sion . [L. delusio, fr. deludere. See {Delude}.] 1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being deluded or misled. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 52Nescience — Nes cience, n. [L. nescientia, fr. nesciens, p. pr. of nescire not to know; ne not + scire to know.] Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism. [1913 Webster] God fetched it about for me, in that absence and nescience of mine. Bp. Hall. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 53James Grant (navigator) — James Grant (1772 11 November 1833) was a British Royal Navy officer and navigator in the early nineteenth century. He made several voyages to Australia and Tasmania, and was the first to map parts of the Australian coast. Grant was baptized on 6 …

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  • 54Prophetic perfect tense — The prophetic perfect tense is a verb tense that some claim is used by the prophets in the Hebrew Bible. This literary technique refers to future events in the past tense. Many scholars contest the existence of this tense, claiming that all of… …

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  • 55GRANT, James (1772-1833) — navigator was born in 1772. At the end of 1799 he was given command of the Lady Nelson, a new vessel of 60 tons fitted with a centre board keel. His instructions were to proceed to Australia to prosecute the discovery and survey of the unknown… …

    Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • 56MACQUARIE, Lachlan (1761-1824) — governor of New South Wales was born at Ulva, one of the Hebrides Islands, on 31 January 1761. He was a cousin of the Lauchlan Macquarie who was visited by Dr Johnson in October 1773. At an early age the boy was sent to Edinburgh to be educated… …

    Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • 57Chance —    (Luke 10:31). It was not by chance that the priest came down by that road at that time, but by a specific arrangement and in exact fulfilment of a plan; not the plan of the priest, nor the plan of the wounded traveller, but the plan of God. By …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 58nytennes — f ( se/ sa) 1. ignorance; 1a. want of knowledge on a particular point; 1b. a condition of not being known by others, a state of incognito; 2. laziness, disgrace, ignominy; unknown state …

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  • 59ignorance — (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. ignorance (12c.), from L. ignorantia want of knowledge (see IGNORANT (Cf. ignorant)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 60ignorance — n. Illiteracy, nescience, darkness, blindness, want of knowledge …

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