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Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

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Created; composed; begotten.

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To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

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To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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To show or illustrate by example.

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To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

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To make clear, bright, or luminous.

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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.

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To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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To mention specially; to particularize.

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To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

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Delay.

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Delay.

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The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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The quality of being ornate.

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The quality of being ornate.

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Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

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of Detail

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To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by inc…

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of Elaborate

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To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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To range at large, or without restraint.

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To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

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To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

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Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.

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To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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