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usual Colours violet
16.] represent a Prism, by which the Sun's Light let into a dark Chamber through the Hole F, may be refracted towards the Lens MN, and paint upon it at p , q , r , s , and t , the usual Colours violet, blue, green, yellow, and red, and let the diverging Rays by the Refraction of this Lens converge again towards X, and there, by the mixture of all those their Colours, compound a white according to what was shewn above.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

unhappy complainer Video
And thus he is, from time to time, in the state of that unhappy complainer, Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor: which sentence, allowed for true, and made good by constant experience, may in this, and possibly no other way, be easily made intelligible.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

union Cydymweddu v
recognition Cydnabyddiaeth, n. aquaintance Cydnabyddus, a. aquainted together; expert Cydnad, n. conclamation Cydnaid, n. a joint leap Cydnaws, a. connatural Cydnerth, n. equipollence Cydnesu, to approach mutually Cydnewid, v. to interchange Cydoddef, n. sympathy Cydoed, n. a contemporary Cydoes, a. coeval, coevous Cydoesi, v. to contemporise Cydofal, n. a mutual care Cydol, a. complete, whole Cydolrwydd, n. continuity Cydradd, a. of equal degree Cydraid, n. mutual want Cydraith, n. mutual rule Cydran, n. a joint share Cydranu, v. to share mutually Cydranwr, n. a joint sharer Cydrawd, n. concurrence Cydred, a. concurrent Cydroddi, v. to give mutually Cydrwymo, v. to bind together Cydryddid, n. mutual liberty Cydryw, n. hermaphrodite: a homogeneous Cydrywiaeth, n. homogeneity Cydsain, n. a consonant Cydseinio, v. to agree in sound Cydsiarad, n. confabulation Cydsisial, v. to whisper together Cydsoriant, n. mutual offence Cydsylweddiad, consubstantiation Cydsylltiad, n. conjunction Cydsyniad, n. unanimity Cydsynio, v. to consent Cydu, v. to bag, to pouch Cydundeb, n. unity, union Cyduniad, n. a consenting Cydwaed, a. to the same blood Cydwaeddiad, n. conclamation Cydwas, n. a fellow servant Cydwe, n. a contexture Cydwedd, n. a yoke fellow Cydweddu, v. to accord Cydweinidog, n. a fellow servant Cydweitho, v. to co-operate Cydweithiwr, n. a fellow labourer Cydweithredu, v. to co-operate Cydwelydd, n. a consociate Cydwerth, n. an equivalent Cydweu, v. to interweave Cydwybod, n. conscience Cydwybodol, a. conscientious Cydwybodolrwydd, n. conscientiousness Cydwynebiad, n. confrontation Cydwysiad, n. convocation Cydyfed, v. to drink together Cydymattal, to abstain mutually Cydymaith, n. a companion; v. to accompany Cydymdeimlad, n. mutual sympathy Cydymdeithas, n. company Cydymdeithasu, v. mutually to asscociate Cydymdrafodi, v. to strive mutually Cydymddiried, n. mutual trust Cydymddwyn, to bear mutually Cydymgais, n. competition Cydymgilio, to recede mutually Cydymgyrch, n. concurrence Cydymholi, v. enquire mutually Cydymlid, n. mutual pursuit Cydymliw, n. mutual reproach Cydymaith, n. companion Cydymeithasu, v. to consociate Cydymoddef, v. to bear mutually Cydymranu, v. to secede together Cydymrodd, v. to yield mutually Cydymroi, v. to resign mutually Cydymryson, n. mutual strife Cydyrauniad, n. mutual union Cydymweddu, v. to conform mutually Cydyn, n. a little bag Cydyru, v. to drive together Cyf, a. prefix of general use, denoting a mutual act or effect Cyfab, a. with foal Cyfaddas, a. convenient, meet Cyfaddasu, v. to render meet Cyfaddef, v. to confess Cyfaddefiad, n. confession Cyfagos, a. near, contiguous Cyfagu, v. to nurse together Cyfagwedd, n. conformity Cyfagweddu, v. to conform Cyfaill, n. a friend Cyfammod, n. covenant Cyfammodi, v. to covenant Cyfamser, a. mean time Cyfamseru, to make opportune Cyfan, a. entire, whole, total Cyfanol, a. entire, integral Cyfander, n. entireness Cyfandroed, a. web-footed Cyfanedd, n. integrality Cyfaniad, n. a making whole Cyfannedd, n. inhabited place: adj. inhabited; domestic Cyfanneddiad, n. inhabitation Cyfanneddle, n. habitation Cyfanneddol, a. habitable Cyfaneddu, v. to inhabit Cyfaneddwr, n. inhabitant Cyfanrif, n. total number Cyfanrwydd, n. entireness Cyfansawdd, a composite Cyfansoddi, v. to compose; to arrange the letters Cyfansoddiad, n. composition Cyfansoddol, a. compositive Cyfansoddwr, n. composer Cyfanu, v. to make whole Cyfanwerth, n. wholesale Cyfar, n. a front, facing; joint ploughing; acre Cyfarch, n. address, greeting: v. to greet, to salute Cyfarchedigol, v. congratulatory Cafarchiad, n. a greeting Cyfarchol, a. complimentary Cyfarchwel, n. reproach Cyfarchwr, n. congratulator Cyfarchwyl, n. a survey Cyfaredd, n. a charm Cyfareddu, v. to cure by charm Cyfarfod, an assembly, a meeting Cyfartal, a. proportional Cyfartalai, n. a standard Cyfartaledd, n. poportionateness Cyfartaliad, n. an equation Cyfartalu, v. to proportonate Cyfarth, n. a barking, a yelp: v. to bark, to yelp Cyfarthiad, n. a barking Cyfarthfa, n. a baiting with dogs; n. junction of hills Cyfarthiad, n. a barking Cyfaru, v. to plough together Cyfarwydd, n. a wizard: a. guideing; skilful Cyfarwyddiad, n. direction Cyfarwyddo, v. to direct Cyfarwyddol, v. directing Cyfarwyddwr, n. director Cyfarwyddyd, n. experience Cyfarwynebu, v. to comfort Cyfatteb, v. to correspond Cyfattebiad, n. a corresponding Cyfattebiaeth, n. correspondence Cyfattebol, a. corresponding Cyfategu, v. to uphold jointly Cyfathrach, n. affinity, kind Cyfathrachu, v. to join alliance, to join in matrimony Cyfhâu, v. make whole Cyfddydd, n. the day-spring Cyfebol, a. big with foal Cyfebr, v. going with foal Cyfebriad, n. gestati
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

USE CHAPTER V
BOOK FIRST.—PARIS STUDIED IN ITS ATOM CHAPTER I—PARVULUS CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIA CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE LAST KING CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE BOOK SECOND.—THE GREAT BOURGEOIS CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR BOOK THIRD.—THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A REVOLUTIONIST CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE BOOK FOURTH.—THE FRIENDS OF THE A B C CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC CHAPTER II—
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

universorum clamore velites
15 Tum postsignanis qui in secunda acie erant imperavit ut densos numerososque palos firme in terram defigerent, intraque eos appropinquantibus quadrigis antesignanorum aciem recepit: tum demum sublato universorum clamore velites et levem armaturam 20 ingerere tela iussit.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

upon color varnish
garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to; give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon; color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider; varnish right and puzzle wrong; exaggerate &c 549; blague[obs3]. invent, fabricate; trump up, get up; force, fake, hatch, concoct; romance &c (imagine) 515; cry "wolf!" dissemble, dissimulate; feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe; play possum; play false, play a double game; coquet; act a part, play a part; affect &c. 855; simulate, pass off for; counterfeit, sham, make a show of; malinger; say the grapes are sour.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

utmost consolatory virtue
I have ever found the utmost consolatory virtue in the fair; when in disgrace, nothing softens my affliction more than to be sensible that an amiable woman is interested for me.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

usted con vivos
Me asaltan a ratos 25 ideas dignas verdaderamente de mi alma inmortal; pero a ratos caigo también en un desfallecimiento lamentable, y pienso en los hombres débiles y menguados, cuya bajeza me ha pintado usted con vivos colores para que los aborrezca.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Ukleevo called Varvara
A girl was found for him, living twenty miles from Ukleevo, called Varvara Nikolaevna, no longer quite young, but good-looking, comely, and belonging to a decent family.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

unbiassed comprehensive view
This was the frank, involuntary utterance of a cultivated man, brought suddenly, for the first time, as he said, to consider the question of the education of women, an elemental half of humanity, in the unbiassed, comprehensive view of the subject that can alone lead to a just decision.
— from The Education of American Girls by Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett

upon Christine Van
Within eight days from this fatal night, the gates of a convent closed upon Christine Van Amberg.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine—Volume 62, No. 386, December, 1847 by Various

upon certain vexed
Now to the papers which you desired me to read and comment upon: I find—" The quill travelled on, conveying to sheet after sheet the opinion upon certain vexed questions of a very able lawyer.
— from Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston

under Charles VIII
We have seen that in the course of the fifteenth century, there were made in France two able and patriotic attempts; the Pragmatic Sanction, in 1458, under Charles VII., and the States General of 1484, under Charles VIII.
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by François Guizot

uniform coat very
" "Surgeon Sawyer, of the Buccaneer," said Cuticle, drawing in his thin lower lip with vexation, and turning to a round-faced, florid, frank, sensible-looking man, whose uniform coat very handsomely fitted him, and was adorned with an unusual quantity of gold lace; "Surgeon Sawyer, of the Buccaneer, let us now hear your opinion, if you please.
— from White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville

under Charles V
This regulation was several times renewed,—in 1261 under Saint Louis, in 1331 under Philippe VI, and in 1369 under Charles V, and extended to the faubourgs of Paris and the surrounding districts.
— from Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by William Walton

under Cortes visited
When the Spaniards under Cortes, visited Mexico, “the Empire
— from The Storehouses of the King; Or, the Pyramids of Egypt What They Are and Who Built Them by Jane (Trill) van Gelder

under Chapter V
It has been moved to its correct place under Chapter V.—Hard Biscuits.
— from The Bread and Biscuit Baker's and Sugar-Boiler's Assistant Including a Large Variety of Modern Recipes by Robert Wells


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