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  • 91insinuate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hint, suggest, inti mate; ingratiate (oneself), curry favor; insert, instill. See information, insertion, between. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make an indirect hint] Syn. imply, suggest, intimate;… …

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  • 92Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …

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  • 93fist — [OE] Like finger, fist seems etymologically to be a reference to the number of fingers on the hand. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *fūstiz (source also of German faust and Dutch vuist). This may represent an earlier *fungkhstiz, which… …

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  • 94impose — v 1. lay on, set, put on, place, enjoin; levy, assess, charge, burden; encumber, superpose, saddle with; prescribe, dictate, mark out, inflict, direct, command, decree, bid, call upon; demand, require, ask, exact, tax, U.S. doom. 2. obtrude,… …

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  • 95palm — I n 1. hand, open hand; extremity, Sl. mitt, Sl. paw, Sl. fin, Sl. flipper; (all of animals) paw, foot, pad, Zool. forefoot, Anat., Zool. manus. 2. cross or grease someone’s palm give money to, bribe, pay off, buy, buy off, suborn, corrupt; fix,… …

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  • 96fist — [OE] Like finger, fist seems etymologically to be a reference to the number of fingers on the hand. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *fūstiz (source also of German faust and Dutch vuist). This may represent an earlier *fungkhstiz, which… …

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  • 97Bullfice — Bullfist Bull fist, Bullfice Bull fice, n. [Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist.] (Bot.) A kind of fungus. See {Puffball}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 98Bullfist — Bull fist, Bullfice Bull fice, n. [Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist.] (Bot.) A kind of fungus. See {Puffball}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 99Foister — Foist er, n. One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier. Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 100Foistied — Foist ied, a. [See 2d {Fust}.] Fusty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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