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  • 131come over — {v.} To take control of; cause sudden strong feeling in; happen to. * /A sudden fit of anger came over him./ * /A great tenderness came over her./ * /What has come over him?/ …

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  • 132Tiff — Tiff, n. [Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. ?efr a smell, ?efa to sniff, Norw. tev a drawing in of the breath, teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. t[ u]v smell, scent, taste.] 1. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. Sipping his tiff… …

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