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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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A making better; amendment; improvement.

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The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

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The state of being complex; complexity.

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The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

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The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.

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Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

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Act of expatiating.

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Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

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

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

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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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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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The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

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The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

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The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the…

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The act of involving or infolding.

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The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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