vice

  • 61Vice —          BONAPARTE (Napoléon)     Bio express : Premier consul à vie puis empereur des Français (1769 1821)     «On gouverne mieux les hommes par leurs vices que par leurs vertus.»     Source : Maximes et Pensées     Mot(s) clé(s) : Gouverner… …

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  • 62vice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. viciousness, evildoing, wrongdoing, wickedness, iniquity, sin, sinfulness; crime, criminality; prostitution; defect, vice; immorality, impurity, looseness of morals; demoralization, [moral] turpitude …

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  • 63vice — {{11}}vice (n.1) moral fault, wickedness, c.1300, from O.Fr. vice, from L. vitium defect, offense, blemish, imperfection, in both physical and moral senses (Cf. It. vezzo usage, entertainment ). Horace and Aristotle have already spoken to us… …

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  • 64vice — [[t]va͟ɪs[/t]] ♦♦♦ vices 1) N COUNT A vice is a habit which is regarded as a weakness in someone s character, but not usually as a serious fault. His only vice is to get drunk on champagne after concluding a successful piece of business...… …

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  • 65vicė — vìcė (rus. вицa, l. wić, plg. la. vica) sf. (2) NdŽ, KŽ, Rg, vicė̃ (4), vỹcė (2) [K], NdŽ, FrnW, KŽ 1. NdŽ, Dr, Plt, Prk, Rg (gluosnio, žilvičio, karklo) rykštė, vytis: Ir tęvos vicės gerai suauga, bet daug didesnio guvumo reikalau[ja] jas… …

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  • 66vice — 1. n. 1 a evil or grossly immoral conduct. b a particular form of this, esp. involving prostitution, drugs, etc. 2 a depravity, evil. b an evil habit; a particular form of depravity (has the vice of gluttony). 3 a defect of character or behaviour …

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  • 67vice- — ► prefijo Componente de palabra procedente del lat. vice, que significa sustituto o representante: ■ vicecónsul; viceministro. SINÓNIMO [viz ] [vi ] * * * vice (del lat. «vice», de «vicis») Prefijo que se aplica al nombre de algún cargo para… …

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  • 68vice — I n. commercialized; legalized vice II (BE) see vise * * * [ vaɪs(ɪ)] (BE) see vise legalized vice tighten a vice commercialized t [ tool for holding an object being worked on] o loosen in a vice (USAGE NOTE: The AE form is vise; the BE form is… …

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  • 69vice — I. /vaɪs / (say vuys) noun 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice; a grave moral fault. 2. immoral conduct or life; indulgence in impure or degrading practices. 3. a particular form of depravity. 4. a fault, defect, or imperfection: a vice of… …

  • 70vice- — prefix Etymology: Middle English vis , vice , from Anglo French, from Late Latin vice , from Latin vice, ablative of vicis one that takes the place of < vice chancellor > …

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