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The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

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A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

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Inclosure. See Inclosure.

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The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

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A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subje…

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A preface.

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The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

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The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

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The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump,…

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The of instilling; also, that which is instilled.

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The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.

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The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.

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The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being natura…

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of Open

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The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

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The act of perfusing.

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A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the…

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Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary re…

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A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.

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The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken…

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A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.

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The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another.

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of Begin

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The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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of Inform

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals…

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A book used in schools for learning lessons.

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The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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To leap; to jump.

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The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, o…

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A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

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A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

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To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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To aim; to direct.

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The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

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The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

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The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

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The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

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The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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