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24/06/2026

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REVOICE

To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as torestore its tone.

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PRIMP

To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

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COMPTER

A counter. [Obs.] Shak.

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CONGLOMERATE

Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerateflowers. Gray.

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STEREOPTICON

An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern inwhich photographic pictures are used, by which the image of alandscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such amanner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a strikingand accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair ofmagic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.

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AMBREATE

A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base orpositive radical.

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ATACAMITE

An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismaticcrystals.

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SELENATE

A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.

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DEBUT

A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance beforethe public, as of an actor or public speaker.

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ANIMADVERTER

One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

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JACOBITE

A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after hisabdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in1688 in favor of William and Mary. Macaulay.

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MAMELUCO

A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [S. Amer.]