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  • 91notary — notaryship, n. /noh teuh ree/, n., pl. notaries. See notary public. [1275 1325; ME < L notarius clerk, equiv. to not(are) to NOTE, mark + arius ARY] * * * or notary public Public officer who certifies and attests to the authenticity of writings&#8230; …

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  • 92mathematicism —       the effort to employ the formal structure and rigorous method of mathematics as a model for the conduct of philosophy. Mathematicism is manifested in Western philosophy in at least three ways: (1) General mathematical methods of&#8230; …

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  • 93allow — verb /əˈlaʊ/ a) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. To allow a servant his liberty b) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. To allow a free passage Syn: allot, assign, bestow …

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  • 94sheeple — noun (derogatory slang) People who unquestioningly accept as true whatever their political leaders say or who adopt popular opinion as their own without scrutiny. The American sheeple should know that George W. Bush is not really for smaller&#8230; …

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  • 95question the veracity of — verb be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be suspicious, be uncertain, challenge, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, doubt the truth of, entertain doubts, find hard to believe, give no credence to, greet with skepticism, harbor&#8230; …

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  • 96assumption — Becoming responsible for the liabilities ( liability) of another party. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * assumption UK US /əˈsʌmʃən/ noun ► [S] something that you accept as true, although you have no proof: make an assumption about sb/sth »We …

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  • 97grant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gift, allotment, contribution. v. bestow, give, yield; concede; permit; contribute. See giving, permission, consent, rightness, transfer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gift, boon, reward, award, honorarium …

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  • 98premise — prem|ise W3 [ˈpremıs] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa, from Latin praemittere to place ahead ] 1.) premises [plural] the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses ▪ Schools may earn …

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  • 99implausible — im|plau|si|ble [ ım plɔzəbl ] adjective difficult to accept as true: UNCONVINCING: an implausible excuse/explanation ╾ im|plau|si|bly adverb …

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  • 100buy — O.E. bycgan (pt. bohte) from P.Gmc. *bugjanan (Cf. O.S. buggjan, Goth. bugjan), of unknown origin, not found outside Gmc. The surviving spelling is southwest England dialect; the word was generally pronounced in O.E. and M.E. with a dg sound as&#8230; …

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