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Traditional English :: ingeminate
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inger.html - v.tr. literary repeat; reiterate. ingeminate peace constantly urge peace. [L ingeminare ingeminat- (as IN-(2), GEMINATE)] |
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Traditional English :: ingenious
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inger.html - adj. 1 clever at inventing, constructing, organizing, etc.; skilful; resourceful. 2 (of a machine, theory, etc.) cleverly contrived. ingeniously adv. ingeniousness n. [ME, = talented, f. F ing÷nieux or L ingeniosus f. ingenium cleverness: cf. ENGINE] |
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Traditional English :: ingenuity
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inger.html - n.
skill in devising or contriving; ingeniousness. [L ingenuitas ingenuousness (as INGENUOUS): Engl. meaning by confusion of INGENIOUS with INGENUOUS] |
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Traditional English :: ingenuous
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inger.html - adj. 1 innocent; artless. 2 open; frank. ingenuously adv. ingenuousness n. [L ingenuus free-born, frank (as IN-(2), root of gignere beget)] |
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Traditional English :: ingest
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inger.html - v.tr. 1 take in (food etc.); eat. 2 absorb (facts, knowledge, etc.). ingestion n. ingestive adj. [L ingerere ingest- (as IN-(2), gerere carry)] |
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Traditional English :: ingather
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inger.html - v.tr.
gather in; assemble. |
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