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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 part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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To embrace, hence; to encompass.

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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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The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.

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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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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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Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by inc…

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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

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To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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To range at large, or without restraint.

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To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

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of Happen

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The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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To show or illustrate by example.

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To show or illustrate by example.

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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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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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To show or illustrate by example.

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To make clear, bright, or luminous.

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The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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