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Bellow
- verb:
- 1. To make the loud deep hollow sound characteristic of a Bull
- 2. To shout in a deep voice
- Origin:
- Middle English belwen, from old English bylgian, akin to Old English & Old High German bellan : to roar
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Endeavor
- transitive verb
- 1. Archaic : to strive to aschieve or reach
- 2. to attempt (as the fulfillment of an obligation) by exertion of effort <endeavors to finish the race>
- intransitive verb
- 1. to work with set purpose
- noun
- 1. serious determined effort
- 2. activity directed toward a goal : enterprise <fields of endeavor>
- Origin
- Middle English endeveren to exert oneself, from en- + dever duty(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)
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Impost
- noun
- 1. something imposed or levied : tax
- 2. a block, capital, or molding from which an arch springs — see arch illustration
- Origin
- Middle French, from Medieval Latin impositum, from Latin, neuter of impositus, past participle of imponere
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Incipient
- Adjective
- 1. beginning to come into being or to become apparent <an incipient solar system> <evidence of incipient racial tension>
- Origin
- Latin incipient-, incipiens, present participle of incipere to begin(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)
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Manumit
- Transitive Verb
- 1. to release from slavery
- Origin
- Middle English manumitten, from Anglo-French manumettre, from Latin manumittere, from manus hand + mittere to let go, send(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)
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Rife
- Adjective
- 1. prevalent especially to an increasing degree <suspicion and cruelty were rife — W. E. B. DuBois>
- 2. abundant, common
- 3. copiously supplied : abounding —usually used with with <rife with rumors>
- Origin
- Middle English ryfe, from Old English rȳfe; akin to Old Norse rīfr abundant(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)
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Wharf
- 1. a structure built along or at an angle from the shore of navigable waters so that ships may lie alongside to receive and discharge cargo and passengers
- 2. obsolete : the bank of a river or the shore of the sea
- Origin
- Middle English, from Old English hwearf embankment, wharf; akin to Old English hweorfan to turn, Old High German hwerban, Greek karpos wrist(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)
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Yonder
at or in that indicated more or less distant place usually within sight.
- ex. look yonder and you'll see the skyline of the city
- Origin
- Middle English, from yond + -er (as in hither)
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