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Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sublimate 76% connected

To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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