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26/08/2026

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ANGELIZE

To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but tohumanize man. W. Taylor.

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BOOKCRAFT

Authorship; literary skill.

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QUARTILE

Same as Quadrate.

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PRELATESHIP

The office of a prelate. Harmar.

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TARTRAMIDE

An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a whitecrystalline substance.

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HYSTRICOMORPHOUS

Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group(Hystricomorpha) of rodents.

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TRET

3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth. Chaucer.

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UNWASHED

Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.

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SURMISE

To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slightgrounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she butsurmised, was true. Dryden.This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of theearth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it.Woodward.

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LATINLY

In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin. [Obs.]Heylin.

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MONOGYNY

The state or condition of being monogynous.

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HIKE

To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; totramp; to march laboriously. [Dial. or Colloq.] "If you persist inheaving and hiking like this." Kipling.