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  • 11Envy — En vy, n.; pl. {Envies}. [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See {Vision}.] 1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If he evade us there, Enforce him with… …

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  • 12Envying — Envy En vy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Envying}.] [F. envier.] 1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another s… …

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  • 13Plaintive — Plain tive, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. The most plaintive ditty. Landor. [1913 Webster] {Plain tive*ly}, adv. {Plain… …

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  • 14Plaintively — Plaintive Plain tive, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. The most plaintive ditty. Landor. [1913 Webster] {Plain tive*ly}, adv.… …

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  • 15Plaintiveness — Plaintive Plain tive, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. The most plaintive ditty. Landor. [1913 Webster] {Plain tive*ly}, adv.… …

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  • 16Regretful — Re*gret ful ( f?l), a. Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. {Re*gret ful*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17Regretfully — Regretful Re*gret ful ( f?l), a. Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. {Re*gret ful*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18Master of the Revels — The Master of the Revels was a position within the English, and later the British, royal household heading the Revels Office or Office of the Revels that originally had responsibilities for overseeing royal festivities, known as revels, and later …

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  • 19Kumbh Mela — 2001 Kumbh Mela at Allahabad Official name Kumbh Mela, Maha Kumbha Mela Observed by Hindus Typ …

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  • 20Samuel Wesley (poet) — ; in his own time he was known to many as a poet and a writer of controversial prose.FamilyThe father of Samuel Wesley was the Rev. John Westley, rector of Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset. His mother was the daughter of Rev. John White… …

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