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09/06/2024

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INACTIVE

Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activityon polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms ofcertain substances, in distinction from other forms which areoptically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.

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OSCITATE

To gape; to yawn.

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INTERTEX

To intertwine; to weave or bind together. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

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ALDAY

Continually. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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DEBATINGLY

In the manner of a debate.

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BOYCOTT

To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or otherperson), to withhold social or business relations from him, and todeter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.

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XANTHORHIZA

A genus of shrubby ranunculaceous plants of North America,including only the species Xanthorhiza apiifolia, which has roots ofa deep yellow color; yellowroot. The bark is intensely bitter, and issometimes used as a tonic.

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AMUSABLE

Capable of being amused.

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JACINTH

See Hyacinth. Tennyson.

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POSY

A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay. "Bridegroom's posies." Spenser.We make a difference between suffering thistles to grow among us, andwearing them for posies. Swift.

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PEHLEVI

An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partlyrepresented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3dcentury (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, andlater in religious writings. [Written also Pahlavi.]

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IMPORTUNABLE

Heavy; insupportable. [Obs.] Sir T. More.