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Nix Nought Nothing — is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales. A similar tale was collected by Andrew Lang in Scotland. The story, in various guises, is very widely distributed, and also has close similarities to the Greek myth… … Wikipedia
Lodowicke Muggleton — Lodowicke Muggleton, by William Wood, circa 1674 Lodowicke Muggleton (1609–1698) was an English plebeian religious thinker, who gave his name to Muggletonianism. He spent his working life as a journeyman tailor in the City of London and was… … Wikipedia
1 Corinthians 1 — 1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call… … The King James version of the Bible
Forty Hours' Devotion — Forty Hours Devotion, also called Quarant Ore or written in one word Quarantore, is a Roman Catholic exercise of devotion in which continuous prayer is made for forty hours before the Blessed Sacrament exposed. It commonly occurs in a succession… … Wikipedia
Forty Hours' Devotion — • Somewhat dated with regard to the liturgical details, but otherwise an accurate depiction. A eucharistic devotion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Forty Hours Devotion Forty Hours Devotion … Catholic encyclopedia
frustrate — frus·trate / frəs ˌtrāt/ vt frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing: to make invalid or ineffectual: defeat the remedial purposes of the Workers Compensation Act should not be frustrated by rigid technical standards Palmer v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 559 A.2d… … Law dictionary
shun — v. a. == avoid. Body and Soul, 105. AS. scunian == make to shun, repel. Ps. cxviii. 10; bring to nought, quash. Ps. xxxii. 10; xxxix. 15 … Oldest English Words
confound — v. a. 1. Mingle confusedly, confuse, crowd together in disorder. 2. Confuse with each other, mistake one for another, mistake between. 3. Perplex, bewilder, embarrass, mystify, pose, nonplus, flurry. 4. Surprise, amaze, astonish, astound, stupefy … New dictionary of synonyms
destroy — v. a. 1. Demolish, overturn, overthrow, subvert, raze, ruin, throw down, pull down, break up, sap the foundations of. 2. Annihilate, quench, take away, put an end to, bring to nought. 3. Waste, ravage, desolate, devastate, devour, lay waste, make … New dictionary of synonyms
disappoint — v. a. Balk, frustrate, foil, defeat, baffle, disconcert, bring to nought, foil of one s expectations … New dictionary of synonyms
