43 9 recién : the adv. recientemente , when it immediately precedes a past participle used adjectively, assumes this abbreviated form.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The ethnologists have investigated the process among primitive peoples under the title acculturation.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

He had still to undergo that hour of pillory which Master Florian Barbedienne had so judiciously added to the sentence of Messire Robert d’Estouteville; all to the greater glory of the old physiological and psychological play upon words of Jean de Cumène, Surdus absurdus : a deaf man is absurd.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

In the perfect and perfect participle usually -plicāvī , -plicātus ; but sometimes ap-plicuī (Cic.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

POLL, a prostitute; POLLED UP , living with a woman without being married to her.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

V. request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim &c. (demand) 741; offer up prayers &c. (worship) 990; whistle for.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

As Polly was rising from her knees after the first prayer Peggy was ushered into the pew, and Polly, Polly under all circumstances, cried impulsively: "Oh, lovely!"
— from Peggy Stewart at School by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: equatorial, hot, and very rainy Terrain: low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters Natural resources: none Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 100% other: 0% Irrigated land: 0 km2 Environment: about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall *Palmyra Atoll, People Population: uninhabited *Palmyra Atoll, Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Palmyra Atoll Digraph: LQ Type: unincorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered by the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the Interior Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I got out paper and pencil, puckered up my brow, and worked out a sum.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 by Various

Of course, there are many cases in which it would have been absolutely impossible to let the items of proposed expenditure be published or discussed in the House of Commons; but, as soon as War requirements permit it, proper estimates should again be prepared and pressure put upon the departments to reduce them.
— from Rebuilding Britain: A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir

He was proceeding slowly along toward home, when, from out a narrow court, as he passed, a policeman pounced upon him, and grasped him by the collar, while the inveterate enemy from whom he thought he had escaped without recognition, seized him at the same time.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

I placed a peremptory prohibition upon this, as being contrary to the terms of my communications with them.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

An evil cynicism laughed at the restraints which place and power put upon him.
— from The Lady Evelyn: A Story of To-day by Max Pemberton

The Times announced to its readers that day that they were for the first time perusing a paper printed upon a machine driven by steam power.
— from Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

[854] "Legati offerentes solidum et denarium, ut mos erat Francorum, eam partibus Chlodovei sponsant: placitum ad praesens petentes, ut ipsam ad conjugium traderet Chlodoveo."— Fredegarius , Greg.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

New York citty is a fasst place, yu kant even pass a phuneral procession, unless yu have got the fassest hoss.
— from The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Josh Billings