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  • 101vapidly — adverb in a vapid manner a vapidly smiling salesman • Derived from adjective: ↑vapid …

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  • 102vap´id|ness — vap|id «VAP ihd», adjective. 1. without much life or flavor; tasteless; dull; flat: »table beer, guiltless of hops and malt, vapid and nauseous (Tobias Smollett). 2. Figurative. lacking interest, zest, or animation; lifeless; insipid: »vap …

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  • 103vap´id|ly — vap|id «VAP ihd», adjective. 1. without much life or flavor; tasteless; dull; flat: »table beer, guiltless of hops and malt, vapid and nauseous (Tobias Smollett). 2. Figurative. lacking interest, zest, or animation; lifeless; insipid: »vap …

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  • 104vap|id — «VAP ihd», adjective. 1. without much life or flavor; tasteless; dull; flat: »table beer, guiltless of hops and malt, vapid and nauseous (Tobias Smollett). 2. Figurative. lacking interest, zest, or animation; lifeless; insipid: »vap …

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  • 105HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …

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  • 106air bath — Vapor Va por, n. [OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F. vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. ? smoke, ? to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell, Russ. kopote fine soot. Cf. {Vapid}.] [Written also {vapour}.] [1913… …

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  • 107Deaden — Dead en (d[e^]d n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened} (d[e^]d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the… …

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  • 108Deadened — Deaden Dead en (d[e^]d n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened} (d[e^]d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to… …

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  • 109Deadening — Deaden Dead en (d[e^]d n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened} (d[e^]d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to… …

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  • 110Die — Die, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Died}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dying}.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. d[ o]e, Sw. d[ o], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd?jan to harass), OFries. d?ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen, OSlav …

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