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To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).

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A step, stair, or staircase.

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The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

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A joining; a union; an alliance.

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A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

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A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

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To appoint.

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Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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A floor or story of a house.

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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of Crow

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A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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of Close

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of Close

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of Come

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of Come

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To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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of Come

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To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of venereal excitement in sexual intercou…

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