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Prosopop/ia :: Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification..

Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..

Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..

Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent..

Off :: Off (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics..

Missing :: Missing (v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary..

Muzzy :: Muzzy (a.) Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.

Privation :: Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..

Absentness :: Absentness (n.) The quality of being absent-minded.

Dream :: Dream (n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend..

Absenter :: Absenter (n.) One who absents one's self.

Absentation :: Absentation (n.) The act of absenting one's self.

Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

Absent :: Absent (a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent..

Greeting :: Greeting (n.) Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.

Away :: Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home..

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

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