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indubitable clear evident plain patent
= KEY: Manifest \a.\. SYN: Visible, obvious, distinct, conspicuous, indubitable, clear, evident, plain, patent, apparent, open.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

initial consonant Examples palit paN
24 The phonemic value of the morphophonemic symbol N is given in the following chart: For roots beginning with N plus the initial consonant after root produces p, b m t, d, s n k, ʔ ( written as initial vowel ), ng ng l ngl or, alternatively, nl other consonants or clusters of consonants ng plus initial consonant Examples: palit + paN- = pamalit ‘buy’; baligyà + paN- = pamaligyà ‘sell’; tindug + paN- = panindug ‘stand’; dala + paN- = panala ‘bring’; sulud + paN- = panulud ‘enter’; kúhà
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

its cause even passionately pleaded
A place where every interest and shade of opinion in the country can have its cause even passionately pleaded, in the face of the government and of all other interests and opinions, can compel them to listen, and either comply, or state clearly why they do not, is in itself, if it answered no other purpose, one of the most important political institutions that can exist any where, and one of the foremost benefits of free government.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

imperfecta confusa et perturbatione plena
Omnia imperfecta, confusa, et perturbatione plena, Cardan. 1746 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

immania cœte Et patulo pisces
Vt medijs ludunt in aquis immania cœte, Et patulo pisces quoslibet ore vorant: Sic tenet imperium mortales inter, & omnes Diripit, illicita subdit & arte duces, Omnibus insultans, sic subijcit impius orbem, Implicat atque suo regia colla iugo.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12) Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the Third by Raphael Holinshed

It could even prove possible
It could even prove possible to find a way of converting you to our own form, so that later you may return with us."
— from Star-Crossed Lover by William W. Stuart

interim cupimus esse penitùs persuasum
Hoc interim cupimus esse penitùs persuasum Excellentiæ vestræ; nos sedulò operam daturos, vt in omni honorificæ benignitatis humanitatisque genere, expectationi vestræ omni ex parte respondeamus.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain by Richard Hakluyt

is cooked en petits pois
The large ones, or what is called the first cut, is prepared in vinaigrette , white sauce , and fried ; the small one, or second cut, is cooked en petits pois —like green peas.
— from Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food by Pierre Blot

intimate character each Power pledging
Here on the 8th of July a Treaty was signed at the palace of Unkiar Skelessi, [401] in which Russia and Turkey entered into a defensive alliance of the most intimate character, each Power pledging itself to render assistance to the other, not only against the attack of an external enemy, but in every event where its peace and security might be endangered.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe

it cannot effect physical procreation
And though the Church may be unable to recognize it by her sacramental benediction, because, unlike marriage, it cannot effect physical procreation, she possesses such Biblical precedents as the story of David and Jonathan—an episode which is obviously homosexual in the sense that it describes not a platonic companionship but a romantic passion.
— from An Outline of Sexual Morality by Kenneth Ingram

In cumulum etiam pulchritudinis perfectionisque
In cumulum etiam pulchritudinis perfectionisque universalis operum divinorum progressus quidam perpetuus liberrimusque totius universi est agnoscendus, ita ut ad majorem semper cultum
— from A Lecture on the Study of History by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

injustum Catulus ex petitione pontificatus
Nam uterque cum illo graves inimicitias exercebat: Piso oppugnatus in judicio pecuniarum repetundarum propter cujusdam Transpadani supplicium injustum; Catulus ex petitione pontificatus odio incensus, quod extrema aetate, maximis honoribus usus,
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust


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