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The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

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The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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of Arrange

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A trifle; a thing of no importance.

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A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food…

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A law or rule.

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A mixture; a compound.

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A light and pleasing composition.

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of Draft

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Act of dramatizing.

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A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

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A composition for two performers; a duet.

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A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.

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The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's…

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See Groan.

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The art of employment of an historiographer.

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A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an…

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An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

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A going in.

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Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

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The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.

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A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.

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Composition in metrical form; versification.

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A bit; a morsel.

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A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestr…

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Same as Nocturne.

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A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.

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The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.

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Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

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A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

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A medley or mixture.

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Alt. of Quartette

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A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

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Alt. of Quintette

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A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

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The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

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The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, a…

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The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

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Alt. of Septette

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A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.

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Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlem…

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A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.

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Alt. of Sextetto

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A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

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An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the vio…

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That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

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A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

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The act or art of weaving.

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An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

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The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

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Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.

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The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.

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Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

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The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

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The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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of Print

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That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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A feather.

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A feather.

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A printer.

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A printer.

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Alt. of Typographical

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Alt. of Typographical

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Of or pertaining to the act or act of representing by types or symbols; emblematic; figurative; typical.

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Of or pertaining to the act or act of representing by types or symbols; emblematic; figurative; typical.

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A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

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Close; termination

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The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

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of Compose

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The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

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The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character.

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A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

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A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wo…

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of Pen

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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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To refer.

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A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation.

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of Write

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