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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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Attachment to the United States.

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An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.

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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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Custom, habit; usage.

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A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.

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The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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The act of exploiting or utilizing.

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An idiom of the German language.

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The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn ob…

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Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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See Practice.

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See Practice.

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Use; usage; employment.

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

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