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adumbration
adumbration (ædʌmˈbreɪʃən) [ad. L. adumbrātiōn-em, n. of action, f. adumbrā-re; see adumbrate.] † 1. Shading in painting. Obs.1531 Elyot Governor (1580) 207 Alexander..came to the shop of Apelles..reasoned with him of lynes, adumbrations, proportions and other lyke things perteining to imagery. 2. R...
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Abbreviator
After the protonotaries left the adumbration of the minutes to the Abbreviators, those de Parco majori of the dignity of prelate were the most important
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An Outpost of Progress
Guerard notes that “An Outpost of Progress” is of interest chiefly as “a cold adumbration…offering a significant variant on “Heart of Darkness” and the
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umbration
† umˈbration Obs. rare. [ad. L. type *umbrātio, f. umbrāre: see umbrate v. So It. ombrazione.] 1. Her. A faintly outlined figure; = adumbration 4.1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. c viij, Another sampull is sene of the vmbracion of a certayn cros, and thys cros is calde a cros floree vmbratid;..bot truly sp...
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obumbration
obumbration Now rare. (ɒbʌmˈbreɪʃən) [ad. L. obumbrātiōn-em, n. of action f. obumbrā-re: see prec. Cf. obs. F. obumbration (16th c. in Godef.).] 1. The action of overshadowing or condition of being overshadowed.c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 18 The feruent ire of Phebus to declyne With obumbracioun. 15...
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Abigail
Jon Levenson calls this an "undeniable adumbration" of Nathan's prophecy in 2 Samuel 7.
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The Callback Queen
But Donald Clarke of The Irish Times, in a one-star review, argued that "Space precludes comprehensive adumbration of the bum notes sounding throughout
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shading
▪ I. shading, vbl. n. (ˈʃeɪdɪŋ) [f. shade v.1 + -ing1.] The action of shade v.1 in various senses. 1. Protection from light or heat.1611 Cotgr., Ombragement, a shading or shadowing. 1821 Scott Kenilw. ii, I thought I might take the privilege of an old comrade to ride across through the trees, both f...
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The Extremes
If his lingo can get a bit thick ("It's the same thing, in algorithmic terms, as your basic what-the-hell symbolic adumbration"), his plot will keep most
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transparency
transparency (trɑːnsˈpɛərənsɪ, træns-, -ˈpær-, -nz-) [ad. med.L. transpārēnti-a (Du Cange), f. transpārēnt-em: see next and -ency.] 1. a. The quality or condition of being transparent; perviousness to light; diaphaneity, pellucidity. thermal transparency, perviousness to heat rays; diathermancy; cf....
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Rolf Henrich
would describe himself at age 20 as having joined the SED "out of conviction": "Back then", he later recalled, he was "even a bit fanatical" A powerful adumbration
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exemption
exemption (ɛgˈzɛm(p)ʃən) Forms: 4–5 exempcion, -coun, (6 -tioun), 6– exemption. [a. Fr. exemption, ad. L. exemptiōn-em, n. of action f. eximĕre to exempt.] The action of exempting; the state of being exempted. † 1. a. The action of taking out or away; the state of being taken out or away. b. Excepti...
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Asher ben Jehiel
This work resembles the Hilchot of the Rif (Rabbi Isaac Alfasi)—also an adumbration—but differs in quoting later authorities: Maimonides, the Tosafists
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shadowy
shadowy, a. (ˈʃædəʊɪ) Forms: 4 shadewy, schadewy, shadwye, 5 shadwy, schadowye, 6 shaddowy, 7 shadowey, 4– shadowy. [f. shadow n. + -y.] 1. Resembling or of the nature of a shadow. a. Unsubstantial, impalpable; transitory, fleeting; unreal, imaginary.1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. iv. (Skeat) II. 60 Th...
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