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Furlough

Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.

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Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Can 76% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Countenance 76% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Dismiss 76% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Let 76% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

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Permit 76% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

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Sack 76% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Terminate 76% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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