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And :: And (conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence..

Till :: Till (conj.) As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until..

Done :: Done (a.) Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

Involution :: Involution (n.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction..

Epistrophe :: Epistrophe (n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I..

Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A short clause or portion of a period.

Discrete :: Discrete (a.) Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, I resign my life, but not my honor, is a discrete proposition..

Remark :: Remark (n.) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed..

Guess :: Guess (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.

Devise :: Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property..

When :: When (adv.) While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds..

Condition :: Condition (n.) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend..

That :: That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb..

Which :: Which (pron.) A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons..

Rider :: Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed..

Inceptive :: Inceptive (n.) An inceptive word, phrase, or clause..

Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate..

Epanalepsis :: Epanalepsis (n.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.

Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated..

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