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  • 91Completement — Com*plete ment, n. Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 92Concoction — Con*coc tion, n. [L. concoctio.] 1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. [1913… …

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  • 93Finishing — Fin ish*ing, n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 94Rape — (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. [1913 Webster] 3. A filter… …

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  • 95Rape wine — Rape Rape (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. [1913 Webster] 3. A… …

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  • 96perfection — noun Etymology: Middle English perfeccioun, from Anglo French perfection, from Latin perfection , perfectio, from perficere Date: 13th century 1. the quality or state of being perfect: as a. freedom from fault or defect ; flawlessness b. maturity …

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  • 97drill — I. verb Etymology: Dutch drillen Date: 1619 transitive verb 1. a. to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction < drill pupils in spelling > b. to impart or communicate by repetition < impossible to drill the simplest …

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  • 98APL (programming language) — APL Paradigm(s) array, functional, structured, modular Appeared in 1964 Designed by Kenneth E. Iverson Developer Kenneth E. Iverson …

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  • 99Astronomer Royal — is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675, and the second the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834.King Charles …

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  • 100Adam Weishaupt — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 18th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Adam Weishaupt name = Johann Adam Weishaupt birth = birth date|1748|2|6 (Ingolstadt, Bavaria) death = death date and&#8230; …

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