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  • 81Foucault + fold —    by Tom Conley   The most terse and telling formulation of the fold is found in Foldings, or the Inside of Thought (Subjectivation) , the last chapter of Deleuze s Foucault that examines Foucault s three volume study of the history of sexuality …

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  • 82full defense — In common law pleading, the formula of defense in a plea, stated at length and without abbreviation, thus: And the said C.D., by E.F., his attorney, comes and defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him, and the… …

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  • 83full defense — In common law pleading, the formula of defense in a plea, stated at length and without abbreviation, thus: And the said C.D., by E.F., his attorney, comes and defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him, and the… …

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  • 84behove — (US behoove) ► VERB (it behoves someone to do) formal ▪ it is a duty, responsibility, or appropriate response for someone to do. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 85Foucault + fold —    by Tom Conley   The most terse and telling formulation of the fold is found in Foldings, or the Inside of Thought (Subjectivation) , the last chapter of Deleuze s Foucault that examines Foucault s three volume study of the history of sexuality …

    The Deleuze dictionary

  • 86behove — v.tr. (US behoove) formal (prec. by it as subject; foll. by to + infin.) 1 be incumbent on. 2 (usu. with neg.) befit (ill behoves him to protest). Etymology: OE behofian f. behof: see BEHOOF …

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  • 87conform to — verb 1. satisfy a condition or restriction (Freq. 6) Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree? • Syn: ↑meet, ↑fit • Hypernyms: ↑match, ↑fit, ↑correspond, ↑ …

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  • 88stand in hand — phrasal chiefly dialect : to be serviceable or advantageous the architect was possessed of a … virtuosity which stood him in hand in his adopted land Rexford Newcomb : behoove …

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  • 89be|hove — «bih HOHV», transitive verb, intransitive verb, hoved, hov|ing. Especially British. behoove …

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  • 90behof — behof(e obs. f. of behoof and behoove …

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