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07/03/2024

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FAVORER

One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; awell-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.[Written also favourer.]And come to us as favorers, not as foes. Shak.

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KOORDISH

See Kurdish.

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COMPORTANCE

Behavior; comport. [Obs.]Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser.

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FIR

A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size andelegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others fortheir resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, thesilver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus.

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REPASTURE

Food; entertainment. [Obs.]Food for his rage, repasture for his den. Shak.

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ALTO-RELIEVO

Alto-rilievo.

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DIVISION

The process of finding how many times one number or quantity iscontained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the ruleby which the operation is performed.

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MIASMATIST

One who has made a special study of miasma.

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GRONTE

obs. imp. of Groan. Chaucer.

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NERVOMUSCULAR

Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature ofnerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy.

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TERMATARY

Same as Termatarium.

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SPECULIST

One who observes or considers; an observer. [R.] Goldsmith.