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  • 81Disclosure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disclosure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disclosure disclosure Sgm: N 1 retection| retection| Sgm: N 1 unveiling unveiling &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 deterration deterration revealment revelation Sgm: N …

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  • 82short — I [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES ♦ shorter, shortest (Please look at category 24 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ GRADED If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does… …

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  • 83summary treatment — noun a brief and unsympathetic rejection they made short shrift of my request • Syn: ↑short shrift • Hypernyms: ↑rejection …

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  • 84shriftfather — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English shriftfader, from shrift, shrifte shrift + fader father archaic : father confessor …

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  • 85Script. — 1. Scriptural. 2. Scripture. * * * abbrev Scripture * * * script «skrihpt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) written letters, figures, signs, or characters; handwriting. b) a kind of writing; system of alphabetical or other written characters: »Russian… …

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  • 86ШРИФТ — (немецкое Shrift) (полиграфическая), комплект литер, воспроизводящий какой либо алфавит (например, латинский, русский), а также цифры и знаки. Шрифты различаются гарнитурой, наклоном (прямой, курсив, наклонный), насыщенностью (светлый, полужирный …

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  • 87Shrive — Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …

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  • 88Shrived — Shrive Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …

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  • 89Shrived — Shrive Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …

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  • 90Shriven — Shrive Shrive, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[=i]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[=i]va to impose punishment; cf. OS.… …

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