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  • 51intention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Purpose Nouns 1. intention, intent, intentionality; purpose; project, plan, undertaking; predetermination; design, ambition; contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; lookout; decision,… …

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  • 52Commensurate — Com*men su*rate, a. 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities. [1913 Webster] 2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. [1913 Webster] Those who are persuaded that they shall… …

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  • 53Wuhan University School of Geodesy and Geomatics — Infobox University name = School of Geodesy and Geomatics,Wuhan University native name = 武汉大学测绘学院 motto = 敬业 乐群 求是 拓新 (Work hard, Get along well, Aspire after truth and Blaze new trails) established = 1956 type = Public (state run) president = Li …

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  • 54abash — [14] Abash shares a common ancestry with abeyance [16], although the latter underwent an about turn in meaning in the 17th century which disguises their relationship. They go back to a Latin verb batāre, meaning ‘yawn’ or ‘gape’. This was… …

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  • 55abeyance — (n.) 1520s, from Anglo Fr. abeiance suspension, also expectation (especially in a lawsuit), from O.Fr. abeance aspiration, desire, noun of condition of abeer aspire after, gape from à at (see AD (Cf. ad )) + ba(y)er be open, from L. *batare …

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  • 56abeyance — [ə beɪəns] noun a state of temporary disuse or suspension. ↘Law the position of being without an owner or claimant. Derivatives abeyant adjective Origin C16: from OFr. abeance aspiration to a title , from abeer aspire after , from a towards +… …

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  • 57abeyance — ► NOUN (in phrase in/into abeyance) ▪ temporarily suspended or not used. ORIGIN from Old French abeer aspire after …

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  • 58abash — [14] Abash shares a common ancestry with abeyance [16], although the latter underwent an about turn in meaning in the 17th century which disguises their relationship. They go back to a Latin verb batāre, meaning ‘yawn’ or ‘gape’. This was… …

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  • 60Mary Higgins Clark — For other people named Mary Clark, see Mary Clark (disambiguation). Mary Higgins Clark Born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins December 24, 1927 (1927 12 24) (age 83) The Bronx, New York …

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