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corporation
- noun
- body authorized by law to carry to an activity with the rights and duties of a single person
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corps
2 def
- noun
- 1. organized body of persons
- 2. brance of the military, as the Marine Corps
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corpulent
- adj
- bulky; obese; very fat
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corpus
- noun
- general collection or body of writings, laws, etc
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corpuscle
2 def
- noun
- 1. blood cell (literally, a "little body")
- 2. body of the victim in a murder case
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corpus delicti
2 def
- noun
- 1. facts proving that a crime has been committed
- 2. body of the victim in a murder case
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esprit de corps
- noun
- spirit of a body of persons; group spirit
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habeas corpus
2 def
- noun
- 1. writ (order) requiring a detained person to be brought before a court in to investigate the legality of that person'd detention (the write begins with the words habeas corpus, meaning "you should have the body")
- 2. right of a citizen to secure court protection against illegal imprisonment
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incorporate
- verb
- combine so as to form one body
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aqueduct
- noun
- artifical channel for conducting water over a distance
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conducive
- adj
- tending to lead tol contributive; helpful
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deduction
2 def
1 ant
- noun
- 1. taking away; subtraction
- ant: addition
- 2. reasoning from the general to the particular
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duct
- noun
- tube or channel for conducting a liquid, air, etc
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ductile
2 def
- adj
- 1. able to be drawn out or hammered thin (said of metal)
- 2. easily led; docile
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induce
- verb
- lead on; move by persuasion
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induct
- verb
- admit ("lead in") as a member; initiate
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induction
2 def
- noun
- 1. ceremony by which one is made a member; initiation
- 2. reasoning from the particular to the general
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seduction
- noun
- enticement; leading astray into wrongdoing
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traduce
- verb
- (literally, "lead along" as a spectacle to bring into disgrace); malign; slander; vilify; calumniate
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viaduct
- noun
- bridge for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc.
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consecutive
- adj
- following in regular order; seccessive
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consequence
2 def
- noun
- 1. that which follows logically; result
- 2. importance, as a person of consequence
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execute
2 def
- verb
- 1. follow through to completion; carry out
- 2. put to death
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inconsequential
- adj
- of no consequence; trivial; unimportant
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prosecute
2 def
- ver
- 1. follow to the end or until finished
- 2. conduct legal proceedings against; sue
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sequel
- noun
- something that follows; continuation; consequence; outcome
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sequence
- noun
- the following of one thing after another; succession; orderly series
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sequential
- adj
- arranged in a sequence; serial
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