The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
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Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
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The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
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An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
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The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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of Name
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The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.
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The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…
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Selection or appointment by lot.
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Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in prefe…
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The state or quality of being firm.
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the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
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The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…
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The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…
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The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
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That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.
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To throw; to pitch.
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The quality of being resolute.
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The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…
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To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
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To leap back; to rebound.
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Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.
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The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
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The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
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To shut up; to inclose.
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To shut up; to inclose.
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Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
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Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
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A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…
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A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…
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The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
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The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
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Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.
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Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.
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