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| a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine |
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| shortness of time or duration; briefness |
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| any article used in some activity, esp. an instrument, tool, or utensil |
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| to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight |
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| inclined to associate with or be in the company of others |
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| to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn |
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| the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding |
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| a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person |
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| incapable of being terminated; unending |
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| to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect |
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| contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech |
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| to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder |
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| to regard or treat with reverence; revere |
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| tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc. |
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| a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something |
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| to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind |
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| to make more certain; confirm |
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| not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly |
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| limitation or restriction |
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| holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently |
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| to approve, support, or sustain |
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| out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming |
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| of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious |
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