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  • 81To dye in grain — Grain Grain (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n., {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}] [1913 Webster] 1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of …

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  • 82Judaism's views on Muhammad — A series of articles on Prophet of Islam Muhammad Life In Mecca · Hijra · …

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  • 83will — will1 /wil/, auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. will, 2nd will or (Archaic) wilt, 3rd will, pres. pl. will; past sing. 1st pers. would, 2nd …

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  • 84acknowledge — 1 Acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess are synonymous when they mean to disclose something against one’s will or inclination. All usually imply some sort of pressure as that of the law or of conscience leading to the disclosure. Acknowledge or… …

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  • 85acknowledge — transitive verb ( edged; edging) Etymology: ac (as in accord) + knowledge Date: 15th century 1. to recognize the rights, authority, or status of 2. to disclose knowledge of or agreement with 3. a. to …

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  • 86Clinamen — (pronounced /klaɪˈneɪmɛn/, plural clinamina, derived from clīnāre, to incline) is the Latin name Lucretius gave to the unpredictable swerve of atoms, in order to defend the atomistic doctrine of Epicurus. According to Lucretius, the unpredictable …

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  • 87bias — noun 1》 inclination or prejudice for or against one thing or person.     ↘a systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation. 2》 a diagonal across the grain of a fabric. 3》 Bowls the irregular shape… …

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  • 88CCWAPSS — The Common Criteria Web Application Security Scoring (CCWAPSS) is a scoring scale developed by security consultants to evaluate the security level of a web application regarding penetration tests and security assessments.The main benefit of this… …

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  • 89perforce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. compulsorily, by or of necessity; against one s will, in spite of oneself. See compulsion. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb Without regard to desire or inclination: helplessly, involuntarily, willy… …

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  • 90Railway semaphore signal — One of the earliest forms of fixed railway signal is the semaphore. These signals display their different indications to train drivers by changing the angle of inclination of a pivoted arm . Semaphore signals were patented in the early 1840s by… …

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