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  • 81important — adjective Etymology: Middle English importante, from Medieval Latin important , importans, present participle of importare to signify more at import Date: 15th century 1. marked by or indicative of significant worth or consequence ; valuable in… …

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  • 82urgent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urgent , urgens, present participle of urgēre Date: 15th century 1. a. calling for immediate attention ; pressing < urgent appeals > < an urgent need > b. conveying a sense of&#8230; …

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  • 83importune — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French importun, from Latin importunus, from in + portunus (as in opportunus fit) more at opportune Date: 15th century importunate • importunely adverb II. verb …

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  • 84instant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin instant , instans, from instant , instans, adjective, instant, from Latin Date: 14th century 1. an infinitesimal space of time; especially a point in time separating two&#8230; …

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  • 85triple — I. verb (tripled; tripling) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Late Latin triplare, from Latin triplus, adjective Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make three times as great or as many 2. a. to score (a base runner) by a triple b. to&#8230; …

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  • 86importunately — adverb see importunate …

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  • 87importunateness — noun see importunate …

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  • 88Magna Carta — This article is about the English charter originally issued on 15 June 1215, and later modified. For other uses, see Magna Carta (disambiguation). Great Charter redirects here. For the Irish law, see Great Charter of Ireland. Magna Carta …

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  • 89Alexander von Humboldt — Infobox Scientist name = Alexander von Humboldt box width = image size =250px caption = Alexander von Humboldt, painting by Joseph Stieler, 1843 birth date = September 14, 1769 birth place = Berlin death date = May 6, 1859 death place = residence …

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  • 90Mary of Guise — Queen consort of Scotland Regent of Scotland Tenure 18 May 1538 – 14 December 1542 12 April 1554 – 11 June 1560 Coronation 22 February 1540 …

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