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now
     1. adj. Present; current.
     2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria
           Now wife.
     3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
           I think this band's sound is very now.
     4. adv. At the present time.
           Now I am six.
     5. adv. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.
           Now, we all want what is best for our children.   Now, stop that Jimmy!
     6. adv. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
           Now I am ready.   We all now want the latest toys for our children.   We all want what is now best for our children.
     7. adv. Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
           Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.   Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.
     8. adv. At the time reached within a narration.
           Now, he remembered why he had come.   He now asked her whether she had made pudding.   The pudding was now ready to be served.
     9. adv. In the context of urgency.
           Now listen, we must do something about this.
     10. adv. (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
     11. conj. Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
           We can play football now that the rain has stopped.
           Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
           Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.
     12. interj. Indicates a signal to begin.
           Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
     13. n. The present time.
           Now is the right time.
           There is no better time than now.
     14. n.          (often, with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
                    She is living in the now.
     15. n.          (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
     16. v. misspelling of know
           I don't now. (intended: I don't know.)
rare
     1. adj. Very uncommon; scarce.
           Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
     2. adj. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
     3. adj. (cooking, particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
     4. v. (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
     5. v. (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
     6. adj. (obsolete) early
poetic
     1. adj. Relating to poetry.
           Iambics are one form of poetic meter.
     2. adj. Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
complex
     1. adj. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
           a complex being; a complex idea
     2. adj. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
     3. adj. (mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is a square root of −1.
           complex function
     4. adj. (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
     5. n. A network of interconnected systems.
           military-industrial complex
     6. n. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
     7. n. An assemblage of related things; a collection.
     8. n. (psychology) A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
           Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss.
     9. n. An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
     10. n. (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
     11. n. (math) A complex number.
     12. v. (chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
     13. v. To complicate.
complicated
     1. adj. Difficult or convoluted.
           It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
     2. adj. (biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
     3. v. simple past tense and past participle of complicate
           The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
     complicate
          1. v. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
          2. v. to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
                Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
                John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
                The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
          3. adj. (obsolete) Intertwined.
          4. adj. (now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
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