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02/08/2026

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COMPLICITY

The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

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DESPAIR

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope orexpectation; -- often with of.We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8.Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake.

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SUPERPOSITION

The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as,the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure onanother, in geometry.

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INDECISION

Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness;indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation;hesitation.The term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely different fromirresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce it. Shenstone.Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence. Burke.

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UNDERMIRTH

Suppressed or concealed mirth. [Obs.] The Coronation.

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ROUNDHEAD

A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in theDictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone.

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GAN

Began; commenced.

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LEEME

See Leme. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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FEUDARY

Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.

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LARES

See 1st Lar.

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INTERSESAMOID

Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.

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VIVIFICATIVE

Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.