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  • 101To cut a figure — Figure Fig ure (f[i^]g [ u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. [1913 Webster] Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 102To sham Abraham — Sham Sham, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shamming}.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. [1913 Webster] Fooled and shammed into a conviction. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To obtrude by fraud or… …

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  • 103To sham Abram — Sham Sham, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shamming}.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. [1913 Webster] Fooled and shammed into a conviction. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To obtrude by fraud or… …

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  • 104Unfeigned — Un*feigned , a. Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. Good faith unfeigned. Chaucer. {Un*feign ed*ly}, adv. {Un*feign ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 105Unfeignedly — Unfeigned Un*feigned , a. Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. Good faith unfeigned. Chaucer. {Un*feign ed*ly}, adv. {Un*feign ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 106Unfeignedness — Unfeigned Un*feigned , a. Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. Good faith unfeigned. Chaucer. {Un*feign ed*ly}, adv. {Un*feign ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 107faint — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English faint, feint, from Anglo French, from past participle of feindre, faindre to feign, lose heart more at feign Date: 14th century 1. lacking courage and spirit ; cowardly < faint of heart > 2. weak, dizzy, and …

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  • 108pretend — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French pretendre, from Latin praetendere to allege as an excuse, literally, to stretch out, from prae pre + tendere to stretch more at thin Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to give a false&#8230; …

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  • 109Books of Samuel — The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Sh muel ספר שמואל) are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism s Hebrew Bible) and also of the Christian Old Testament. The work was originally written in Hebrew, and the Book(s) of Samuel originally formed a single …

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  • 110The Goon Show — Infobox Radio Show show name = The Goon Show imagesize = caption = format = Comedy record location = Camden Theatre London creator = Spike Milligan producer = Peter Eton (101) Dennis Main Wilson (38) Pat Dixon (29) Charles Chilton (25) John&#8230; …

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