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  • 81Spanish literature — Introduction       the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… …

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  • 82Bibliographie sur les insurrections de 1837-1838 au Bas-Canada — Cette bibliographie des insurrections de 1837 1838 au Bas Canada propose une liste (incomplète) des ressources qui existent sur le sujet en français et en anglais. Sommaire 1 En français 1.1 Ouvrages 1.2 Essais, mémoires, thèses …

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  • 83enfranchise — en·fran·chise /in fran ˌchīz/ vt chised, chis·ing: to grant franchise to; esp: to admit to the privileges of a citizen and esp. to voting rights the Twenty sixth Amendment enfranchised all citizens over 18 years of age compare emancipate Merriam… …

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  • 84manual — [15] The Latin word for ‘hand’ was manus (it came from an Indo European base *mə n , and its modern descendants include French main, Italian and Spanish mano, and Romanian mîna). It has contributed generously to English vocabulary, and manual… …

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  • 85deliver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. discharge, give forth, emit, deal; [set] free, liberate, release, emancipate; save, rescue, redeem; convey, carry to; rid; grant, cede, surrender; pronounce, speak, utter; give birth (to), produce;… …

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  • 86save — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rescue, deliver, preserve, salvage, safeguard; store, lay up, keep, hoard; redeem, convert; spare, avoid; economize, conserve. See preservation, piety. prep. saving, except[ing], barring, but,… …

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  • 87liberate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To free from bondage] Syn. set free, loose, release; see free 1 . 2. [To free from chemical or physical restraint] Syn. disengage, render gaseous, extract, separate, aerify, etherify, set free from combination, drive off,… …

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  • 88manumit — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. liberate, emancipate, release; see free 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To set at liberty: discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release. Slang: spring. Idiom: let loose. See FREE …

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  • 89emancipation — 1630s, a setting free, from Fr. émancipation, from L. emancipationem (nom. emancipatio), noun of action from pp. stem of emancipare (see EMANCIPATE (Cf. emancipate)). Specifically with reference to U.S. slavery from 1785. In Britain, with… …

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  • 90emancipator — 1782, agent noun in Latin form from EMANCIPATE (Cf. emancipate) …

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