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  • 101Bills payable — Bill Bill, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.]… …

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  • 102Bills receivable — Bill Bill, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.]… …

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  • 103dolt — (d[=o]lt; 110), n. [OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See {Dull}.] A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard. [1913 Webster] This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 104Idiot — Id i*ot ([i^]d [i^]*[o^]t), n. [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant, ill informed person, Gr. idiw ths, also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, fr. i dios proper, peculiar. See {Idiom}.] 1. A man in private station,… …

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  • 105Ignore — Ig*nore , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ignoring}.] [L. ignorare; pref. in not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See {Know}, and cf. {Narrate}.] 1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.… …

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  • 106Ignored — Ignore Ig*nore , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ignoring}.] [L. ignorare; pref. in not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See {Know}, and cf. {Narrate}.] 1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.… …

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  • 107Ignoring — Ignore Ig*nore , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ignored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ignoring}.] [L. ignorare; pref. in not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See {Know}, and cf. {Narrate}.] 1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.… …

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  • 108know-nothing — noun Date: 1827 1. a. ignoramus b. agnostic 2. capitalized K&N a member of a 19th century secret American political organization hostile to the political influence of recent immigrants and Roman Catholics • know nothing adjective …

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  • 109simple — I. adjective (simpler; simplest) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin simplus, alteration of Latin simplic , simplex single, having one ingredient, plain, from sem , sim one + plic , plex fold more at same, fold Date …

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  • 110Дюбуа-Реймон Эмиль — Дюбуа Реймон (Du Bois Reymond) Эмиль (7.11.1818, Берлин, ‒ 26.12.1896, там же), немецкий физиолог и философ, член Берлинской АН (1851). Профессор Берлинского университета (с 1855). Основные труды по животному электричеству; Д. Р. доказал его… …

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