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  • 111Private way — Private Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone …

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  • 112Recluse — Re*cluse (r[ e]*kl[=u]s ), a. [F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See {Close}.] Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or …

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  • 113Religious — Re*li gious, n. A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun. Addison. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 114Sequestrable — Se*ques tra*ble, a. Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 115Sequestrator — Seq ues*tra tor, n. [L., one that hinders or impedes.] (Law) (a) One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits. (b) One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is… …

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  • 116Tenor — Ten or, n. [L., from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: cf. F. teneur. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Tenor} a kind of voice.] 1. A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode;… …

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  • 117To leave one to himself — Himself Him*self , pron. 1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is… …

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  • 118wrong — Private Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone …

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  • 119secluded — adjective Date: 1604 1. screened or hidden from view ; sequestered < a secluded valley > 2. living in seclusion ; solitary < secluded monks > • secludedly adverb • secludedness noun …

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  • 120sequestration — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of sequestering ; the state of being sequestered < a jury in sequestration > 2. a. a legal writ authorizing a sheriff or commissioner to take into custody the property of a defendant who is in contempt until the …

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