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  • 61Piteous — Pit e*ous, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See {Pity}.] 1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. [She] …

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  • 62Piteously — Piteous Pit e*ous, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See {Pity}.] 1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate;… …

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  • 63Piteousness — Piteous Pit e*ous, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See {Pity}.] 1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate;… …

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  • 64Rewful — Rew ful, a. Rueful. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 65Throe — Throe, n. [OE. [thorn]rowe, [thorn]rawe, AS. [thorn]re[ a] a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. [thorn]r[=a] a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. [thorn]reowian to suffer.] 1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish;… …

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  • 66Upholder — Up*hold er, n. [Up + holder. Cf. {Upholsterer}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay. [1913… …

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  • 67ruefully — adverb see rueful …

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  • 68ruefulness — noun see rueful …

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  • 69Presbyterianism — Presbyterian Church redirects here. For other uses, see Presbyterian Church (disambiguation). John Calvin Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are… …

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  • 70Flash (comics) — Infobox comics set index imagesize= 212 caption= Jay Garrick, Bart Allen, and Wally West on the cover to The Flash (vol. 2) #208. Art by Michael Turner. code name=Flash publisher= DC Comics debut= Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) creators= Gardner… …

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