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81a- — 1 a reduced form of the Old English preposition on, meaning on, in, into, to, toward, preserved before a noun in a prepositional phrase, forming a predicate adjective or an adverbial element (afoot; abed; ashore; aside; away), or before an… …
82Liturgy of the Mass — Liturgy of the Mass † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Liturgy of the Mass A. Name and Definition The Mass is the complex of prayers and ceremonies that make up the service of the Eucharist in the Latin rites. As in the case of all… …
83Confidentiality status of CRS Reports — The confidentiality status of CRS Reports has been a public policy dispute. Contents 1 Congress s attitudes towards CRS confidentiality 1.1 CRS annual appropriations legislation 1.2 1978 proposal by the National Conference of State Legislatures …
84entail — en·tail 1 /in tāl/ vt [Middle English entaillen, from en , causative prefix + taille restriction on inheritance see tail]: to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail: limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to… …
85expropriate — ex·pro·pri·ate /ek sprō prē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to take (property) of an individual in the exercise of state sovereignty (as by eminent domain) ex·pro·pri·a·tion /ek ˌsprō prē ā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …
86condense — I verb abbreviate, abridge, abstract, capsulize, compress, consolidate, contract, curtail, cut short, detruncate, digest, epitomize, foreshorten, make brief, make concise, make denser, make terse, outline, precis, reduce, render more compact,… …
87curtail — I verb abate, abbreviate, abridge, clip, coartare, cut, cut down, cut short, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, lop, make smaller, minuere, pare, pare down, reduce, retrench, shorten, subtract, trim II index abate (lessen) …
88decrease — I noun abatement, abbreviation, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, constriction, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, deminutio …
89diminish — I verb abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, alleviate, assuage, bate, become smaller, belittle, bound, cause to be smaller, cause to taper, cheapen, compress, consume, contract, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, damp down, dampen, decelerate,… …
90lessen — I verb abate, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, adulterate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, bate, belittle, boil down, calumniate, censure, check, compress, condense, contract, curb, curtail, cut, cut down, decimate, decline, decrease, decry,… …
