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  • 91savoir — 1. savoir [ savwar ] v. tr. <conjug. : 32> • fin XIIe; saveir 980; savir 842; lat. pop. °sapere (e long), class. sapere (e bref) « goûter, connaître » I ♦ Appréhender par l esprit. A ♦ 1 ♦ Avoir présent à l esprit (un objet de pensée qu on… …

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  • 92allege — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. state, assert, affirm; imply; accuse. See accusation, affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. assert, affirm, testify, claim; see declare 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [uh LEJ]… …

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  • 93assert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. avow, declare, say, claim, affirm, state. See affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To state positively] Syn. state, say, declare, affirm, aver, avow, avouch, attest, profess, asseverate, warrant*;… …

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  • 94maintain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. support, carry; preserve, keep; possess, have; uphold, allege, affirm. See preservation, agency, retention, affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To uphold] Syn. support, hold up, advance, keep; see… …

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  • 95assert — 1 Assert, declare, profess, affirm, aver, protest, avouch, avow, predicate, warrant agree in meaning to state positively usually either in anticipation of denial or objection or in the face of it. Assert implies absence of proof: it usually… …

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  • 96Term logic/Danielsavoiu's summary — Aristotle s logical system Aristotle recognised four kinds of quantified sentences, each of which contain a subject and a predicate:* Universal affirmative: Every S is a P. * Universal negative: No S is a P. * Particular affirmative: Some S are P …

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  • 97Oath of office of the President of the United States — President Ronald Reagan being administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on January 21, 1985. The oath of office of the President of the United States is an oath or …

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  • 98Lutheranism — See Lutheran. * * * Protestant movement founded on the principles of Martin Luther. Lutheranism arose at the start of the Reformation, after Luther posted his Ninety five Theses in Wittenberg. It spread through much of Germany and into… …

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  • 99declare — declarable, adj. /di klair /, v., declared, declaring. v.t. 1. to make known or state clearly, esp. in explicit or formal terms: to declare one s position in a controversy. 2. to announce officially; proclaim: to declare a state of emergency; to… …

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  • 100religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …

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