The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.
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of Account
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The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
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of Derive
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A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for fur…
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The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
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The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
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Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.
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The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…
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of Interpret
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The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindi…
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An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…
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Beginning; commencement.
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An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.
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The act or process of rationalizing.
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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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of Render
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The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.
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That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.
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The act of simplifying.
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A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
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Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.
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A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…
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The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
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of Think
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of Think
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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
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To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
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To refer.
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To refer.
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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
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The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
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Foundation.
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That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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