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a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
fish
1. n. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
Salmon is a fish.
The Sun Mother created all the fishes of the world.
The Sun Mother created all the fish of the world.
We have many fish in our aquarium.
2. n. (archaic, or loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
3. n. The flesh of the fish used as food.
The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
4. n. A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
5. n. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
6. n. (slang) An easy victim for swindling.
7. n. (poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
8. n. (nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
9. n. (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
10. n. (nautical) A torpedo.
11. n. (zoology) A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
12. n. Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra)
13. n. Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw)
14. n. Within infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates (also including Tetrapoda)
15. n. # Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays
16. n. # Superclass Osteichthyes, bony fish.
17. n. (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
18. n. A period of time spent fishing.
The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
19. n. An instance of seeking something.
Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
20. v. (intransitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
She went to the river to fish for trout.
21. v. To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
22. v. (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
Why are you fishing through my things?
He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
23. v. (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something.
The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
24. v. (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
25. v. (nautical) To repair a spar or mast by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
26. n. (obsolete) A counter, used in various games.
having
1. v. present participle of have
2. n. Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
wings
1. n. plural of wing
2. n. A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
3. n. A flip (hairstyle)
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of wing
wing
1. n. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
2. n. (slang) Human arm.
3. n. (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
4. n. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
5. n. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
6. n. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
7. n. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
8. n. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
9. n. Passage by flying; flight.
to take wing
10. n. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
11. n. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
the west wing of the hospital
the wings of a corkscrew
12. n. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
13. n. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
14. n. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
15. n. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
16. n. (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
17. n. (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
18. n. (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
19. n. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
20. n. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
21. n. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
22. n. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
23. n. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
24. n. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
25. n. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
26. n. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
27. n. On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype
Tom's a 4 on the Enneagram, with a 3 wing.
28. v. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
29. v. (intransitive) To fly.
30. v. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
31. v. To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
32. v. To throw.
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
generate
1. v. To bring into being; give rise to.
The discussion generated an uproar.
2. v. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
3. v. To procreate, beget.
They generated many offspring.
4. v. (transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
5. v. (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.
electric
1. adj. Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
2. adj. Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
3. adj. Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
4. n. (informal, usually with definite article) Electricity; the electricity supply.
We had to sit in the dark cos the electric was cut off.
5. n. (rare) An electric car.
6. n. (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
7. n. (fencing) Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.
current
1. n. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.
2. n. (electricity) The time rate of flow of electric charge.
* Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
* Units:
SI: ampere (A)
CGS: esu/second (esu/s)
3. n. A tendency or a course of events.
4. adj. Existing or occurring at the moment.
current events; current leaders; current negotiations
5. adj. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
current affairs; current bills and coins; current fashions
6. adj. (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
kind
1. n. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
What kind of a person are you?
This is a strange kind of tobacco.
2. n. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
The opening served as a kind of window.
3. n. (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
4. n. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
5. n. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
I'll pay in kind for his insult.
6. n. (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
7. adj. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
8. adj. Affectionate.
a kind man; a kind heart
9. adj. Favorable.
10. adj. Mild, gentle, forgiving
The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
11. adj. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
a horse kind in harness
12. adj. (obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
electric
1. adj. Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
2. adj. Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
3. adj. Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
4. n. (informal, usually with definite article) Electricity; the electricity supply.
We had to sit in the dark cos the electric was cut off.
5. n. (rare) An electric car.
6. n. (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
7. n. (fencing) Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.
ray
1. n. A beam of light or radiation.
I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
2. n. (zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
3. n. (zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
4. n. (botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
5. n. (obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
6. n. (mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
7. n. (colloquial) A tiny amount.
Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
8. v. To emit something as if in rays.
9. v. (intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.
10. n. A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
11. v. (obsolete) To arrange.
12. v. (now rare) To dress, array (someone).
13. v. (obsolete) To stain or soil; to defile.
14. n. The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
15. n. (obsolete) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
16. n. (music) alternative form of re

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