Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.
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Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
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Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.
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The art or science of flying.
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The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.
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A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and…
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The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
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The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.
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That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…
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The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
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That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…
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Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly impl…
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Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly impl…
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The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
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The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
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