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a prediction; portent. |
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a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment. |
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to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless. |
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to be in agreement or harmony; agree. |
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to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture. |
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to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of: The answer eludes me. |
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to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party. |
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strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations. |
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a tract of low, soft, wet ground. |
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characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile. |
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desiring to help others; charitable: gifts from several benevolent alumni. |
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intended for benefits rather than profit: a benevolent institution. |
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a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism. |
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| annoyed; irritated; vexed. |
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deep longing, esp. when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife. |
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an instance of such longing. |
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to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure. |
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to be a cause of blame or discredit to. |
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strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice. |
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of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady: Something queer about the language of the prospectus kept investors away. |
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not feeling physically right or well; giddy, faint, or qualmish: to feel queer. |
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mentally unbalanced or deranged. |
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to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing. |
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to give or lead to feel a false sense of safety; cause to be less alert, aware, or watchful. |
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to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity. |
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to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate: I cannot endure your insults any longer. |
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to admit of; allow; bear: His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading. |
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to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually fol. by for): to atone for one's sins. |
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to make up, as for errors or deficiencies (usually fol. by for): to atone for one's failings. |
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Obsolete. to become reconciled; agree. |
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the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow ). |
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a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation. |
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a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb. |
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Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed. |
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an excuse, esp. to avoid blame. |
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a person used as one's excuse: My sick grandmother was my alibi for missing school. |
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the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof. |
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an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation. |
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Obsolete. the interpretation of signs or omens. |
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domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person. |
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urgent; imperative: imperious need. |
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an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures. |
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Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence. |
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Obsolete. fear or dread. |
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not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible. |
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difficult for the mind to grasp readily or easily: impalpable distinctions. |
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(of powder) so fine that when rubbed between the fingers no grit is felt. |
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an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. |
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a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out. |
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a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings. |
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to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance. |
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a member of a vigilance committee. |
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any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime. |
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to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently. |
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