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cow stifle depress damp deaden
ANT: Dishearten, deter, cow, stifle, depress, damp, deaden, discourage.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

concrēduī subjunctive duim duīs duās
From another form of the root come duis , duit ; interduō , concrēduō , perfect concrēduī ; subjunctive duim , duīs ( duās ), duit and duint ( 841 ), and compounds, used especially in law language, and in praying and cursing; crēduam , crēduās or crēduīs , crēduat or crēduit .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

computer science department doing digital
He has now moved to Penn (University of Pennsylvania), where he works with the library and the computer science department doing digital library research and development.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

cernô separate decide decree dê
ten dê-cernô, -ere, -crêvî, -crêtus [ dê , from , + cernô , separate ], decide, decree dê-cidô, -ere, -cidî , —— [ dê , down , + cadô , fall ], fall down decimus, -a, -um , numeral adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

contemned scorned disabled defamed detracted
Others are as much tortured to see themselves rejected, contemned, scorned, disabled, defamed, detracted, undervalued, or
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

cernō separate decide decree dē
ten dē-cernō, -ere, -crēvī, -crētus [ dē , from , + cernō , separate ], decide, decree dē-cidō, -ere, -cidī , —— [ dē , down , + cadō , fall ], fall down decimus, -a, -um , numeral adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Congregational strikes dong dong dong
As I write these words, the bell of the South Congregational strikes dong, dong, dong,—dong, dong, dong, dong,—dong,—dong.
— from If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact by Edward Everett Hale

complainant shouting die die die
The wretched fowl, feeling in any case very ill, walked about wondering at the excitement and followed by the complainant shouting «die, die, die, fowl» and the defendant shouting «live, live, live, fowl.
— from A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Marcus Roberts Phipps Dorman

Cumæan Sibyl Dosso Dossi dôs
C. 32 , Diana's Chase; 245-254 , Cumæan Sibyl Dosso Dossi (dôs´sō dôs´sē) (Giovanni di Lutero), 1479-1542 (paint.).
— from The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855) by Thomas Bulfinch


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