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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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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 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 unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

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To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

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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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To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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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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To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

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Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

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To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.

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To advise or counsel.

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To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

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To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of pos…

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Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

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To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

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The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

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The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

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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 flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

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To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

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