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Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as,…

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The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

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To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Isla…

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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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The art of painting; representation by painting.

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A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel…

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Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

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The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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Example; pattern.

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A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibit…

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The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the endi…

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The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

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The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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To make clear, bright, or luminous.

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To make clear, bright, or luminous.

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A caviling; a sophism.

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That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of re…

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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

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

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Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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