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Demise
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
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Broader term 3
The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…
oewn 2023
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of End
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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…
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Narrower term 1
To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…
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of Dice
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of Dice
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Containing whole 2
The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…
oewn 2023
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The time that life continues.
oewn 2023
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Synonym 2
The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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of Die
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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