Abstain+from+food
41ἠσίτουν — ἠσί̱τουν , ἀσιτέω abstain from food imperf ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic) ἠσί̱τουν , ἀσιτέω abstain from food imperf ind act 1st sg (attic epic doric ionic) …
42Gansu — /gahn syuu /, n. Pinyin. a province in N central China. 12,650,000; 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Cap.: Lanzhou. Also, Kansu. * * * or Kan su conventional Kansu Province (pop., 2000 est.: 25,620,000), north central China. It is bordered by… …
43fast — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæst; akin to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr, Armenian hast Date: before 12th century 1. a. firmly fixed < roots fast in the ground > b. tightly shut < the drawers were fast > …
44Kansu — /kan sooh /; Chin. /gahn sooh /, n. Wade Giles. Gansu. * * * ▪ province, China Introduction Chinese (Wade Giles) Kan su , (Pinyin) Gansu sheng (prov …
45shark — shark1 sharklike, adj. /shahrk/, n. any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans. [1560 70; orig. uncert.] shark2 /shahrk/, n. 1. a person who… …
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48Esther in rabbinic literature — Esther in rabbinic literature.FamilyA foundling or an orphan, her father dying before her birth, her mother at her birth, Esther was reared in the house of Mordecai, her first cousin, to whom, according to some accounts, she was even married (the …
49fast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. starve, diet, abstain. See asceticism. adj. swift, speedy, fleet, quick, rapid; secure, firm, permanent, steadfast, profound; wild, rakish, dissipated. See velocity, junction, impurity, tenacity,… …
50fast — [OE] Widely dissimilar as they now seem, fast ‘quick’ and fast ‘abstain from food’ in fact come from the same ultimate source. This was Germanic *fastuz, which denoted ‘firm’. That underlying sense persists in various contexts, such as ‘hold… …
