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  • 71compound — com·pound /kəm pau̇nd/ vt 1: to agree for a consideration not to prosecute (an offense) ◇ Compounding a felony is a common law crime. 2: to pay (interest) on both the accrued interest and the principal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam …

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  • 72bead — i. A rounded ridge at the end of a tube for carrying fluids into aircraft. ii. The high strength carbon steel wire bundles that give strength and stiffness to aircraft tires. iii. The unwanted ridge of filler metal that sticks up above the… …

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  • 73stamina — n. pl. 1. Firm parts (that give strength), principal elements. 2. Strength, vigor, force, stoutness, sturdiness, lustiness, power. 3. (Bot.) Stamens …

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  • 74strengthen — I. v. a. 1. Make strong, make stronger, give strength to, add strength to. 2. Fortify. 3. Harden, brace, nerve, steel. 4. Intensify, make more intense. 5. Invigorate, impart health to. 6. Animate, encourage, fix in resolution. 7 …

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  • 75strengthen — verb 1) calcium strengthens growing bones Syn: fortify, make strong/stronger, build up, give strength to Ant: weaken 2) engineers strengthened the walls Syn: reinforce, make stronger, buttress …

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  • 76nerve — [[t]nɜrv[/t]] n. v. nerved, nerv•ing 1) anat. one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body 2) courage under trying… …

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  • 77nerve — /nɜv / (say nerv) noun 1. one or more bundles of fibres, forming part of a system which conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body. 2. Dentistry a. the nerve tissue in the pulp of a… …

  • 78nerve — [nʉrv] n. [ME nerfe < OFr nerf < L nervus, sinew, nerve, string < IE base * (s)nēu , to twist, wind > Gr neuron, tendon, nerve, OE sneowan, to hurry] 1. a sinew or tendon: now only in the phr. strain every nerve, to try as hard as… …

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  • 79Methodism — Methodist redirects here. For hospitals by this name, see Methodist Hospital (disambiguation). For other uses, see Methodism (disambiguation). Part of a series on Methodism John Wesley …

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  • 80Gerald of Wales — (c. 1146 ndash; c. 1223), also known as Gerallt Gymro in Welsh or Giraldus Cambrensis in Latin, archdeacon of Brecon, was a medieval clergyman and chronicler of his times. Born around 1146 at Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire, he was of mixed… …

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