Simplification: alternatives and connections

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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The act of expelling or throwing off

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The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in S…

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The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

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The act or process of rationalizing.

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To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.

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To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.

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The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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