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Demur :: Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..

Pluperfect :: Pluperfect (a.) More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.

Walk :: Walk (n.) A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian..

Inactivity :: Inactivity (n.) Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.

Self-posited :: Self-posited (a.) Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.

Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something..

Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, Ic haebbe mete to etanne (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone..

Impression :: Impression (n.) That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon..

Suit :: Suit (v. t.) To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word..

Frequentative :: Frequentative (a.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb..

Taction :: Taction (n.) The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency.

Droitural :: Droitural (a.) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions..

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

Heat :: Heat (v. t.) To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions..

Chronology :: Chronology (n.) The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates..

Joinder :: Joinder (v. t.) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.

Remittance :: Remittance (n.) The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation..

Pool :: Pool (v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction..

New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..

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