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ANT Dissuade deter expostulate remonstrate
ANT: Dissuade, deter, expostulate, remonstrate, prohibit, inhibit, restrain.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

ANT Disenchant disillusionize excite rouse
ANT: Disenchant, disillusionize, excite, rouse, disturb, annoy, Irritate, alarm, terrify, repel, disgust.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

ANT Dissertation disquisition essay ratiocination
ANT: Dissertation, disquisition, essay, ratiocination, rigmarole, yarn, circumlocution.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

and desolation did especially rage
This famine and desolation did especially rage in the North parts of the Realme.
— from The Lives of the III. Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John, Sir

and depth d e remaining
But the slope b d and depth d e remaining unchanged, we have the capital of C, which we are to load with only half the weight of l , m , n , r , i. e., with l and r alone.
— from The Stones of Venice, Volume 1 (of 3) by John Ruskin

Antonyms difference distance error remoteness
Antonyms: difference, distance, error, remoteness, unlikeness, variation.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

a delightful day each reserving
They were cold and wet to the skin, but all declared they had had a delightful day, each reserving his adventures till they were comfortably seated together.
— from A Picture-book of Merry Tales by Anonymous

as Doris Deane enviously remarked
The coral tinge in Rona's cheeks was, as Doris Deane enviously remarked, "almost too good to look natural", and her blue eyes with the big pupils and the little dark rims round the iris shone like twinkling stars when she laughed.
— from For the Sake of the School by Angela Brazil

and dews drip earthward Rain
As weak, yet as trustful also; For the whole year long I see All the wonders of faithful Nature Still worked for the love of me; Winds wander, and dews drip earthward, Rain falls, suns rise and set, Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.
— from Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

and dews drip earthward Rain
As weak, yet as trustful also; For the whole year long I see All the wonders of faithful Nature Still worked for the love of me; 45 Winds wander, and dews drip earthward, Rain falls, suns rise and set, Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.
— from The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, Ph.D. by James Russell Lowell


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