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De facto

Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

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Existent 66% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Existent 66% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Real 66% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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Real 66% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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De jure 94% connected

By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto.

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De jure 94% connected

By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto.

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Actual adjective · 78% connection

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivabl…

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Ban noun · 78% connection

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or su…

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Be verb · 78% connection

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Butlerage noun · 78% connection

A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butl…

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Castle verb · 78% connection

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of co…

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Check noun · 78% connection

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were an…

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Checkmate verb · 78% connection

To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from…

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Claim noun · 78% connection

A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

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Deed verb · 78% connection

Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.

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Droitural adjective · 78% connection

relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions.

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Effect noun · 78% connection

Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Fact noun · 78% connection

Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

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Facto adverb · 78% connection

In fact; by the act or fact.

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Fiction noun · 78% connection

That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in…

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In esse unknown · 78% connection

In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.

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Indeed adverb · 78% connection

In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Den…

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King noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of th…

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