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the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           Iā€™m reading the book. (Compare Iā€™m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= ā€œA stone hit him on his head.ā€)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but Iā€™m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and Iā€™m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
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White
     1. adj. alternative case form of white (of or relating to Europeans or Caucasians)
     2. adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
           Write in black ink on white paper.
     3. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
     4. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
           white drinking fountain;  white hospital
     5. adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.
           white wine;  white grapes
     6. adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
     7. adj. (of a person, or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
     8. adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
     9. adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
           The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
     10. adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
     11. adj. Honourable, fair; decent.
     12. adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
     13. adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
     14. adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
     15. adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
     16. adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
     17. adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
     18. adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black.
           Compare two Unicode symbols: , ā˜ž = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; , ā˜› = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX
     19. adj. Characterised by the presence of snow.
           a white Christmas or white Easter
     20. n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
     21. n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
     22. n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
     23. n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
     24. n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
     25. n. (sports) The cue ball in cue games.
     26. n. White wine.
     27. n. (slang) Cocaine
     28. n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
     29. n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
     30. n. A white pigment.
           Venice white
     31. n. Anything that is of the color white.
     32. n. The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
     33. v. To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
paper
     1. n. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
     2. n. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
     3. n. Wallpaper.
     4. n. Wrapping paper.
     5. n. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
     6. n. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
     7. n. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or i
     8. n. A scholastic essay.
     9. n. (slang) Money.
     10. n. (New Zealand) A university course.
     11. n. A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
           a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
     12. n. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
           cantharides paper
     13. n. A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
     14. adj. Made of paper.
           paper bag;  paper plane
     15. adj. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
           paper tiger;  paper gangster
     16. adj. Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)
           paper rocket;  paper engine
     17. v. To apply paper to.
           to paper the hallway walls
     18. v. To document; to memorialize.
           After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
     19. v. To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.
           As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.
     20. v. To submit papers to (a law court, etc.).
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united
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of unite
     2. adj. Joined into a single entity.
     3. adj. Involving the joint activity of multiple agents.
     unite
          1. v. To bring together as one.
                The new government will try to unite the various factions.
                I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures.
          2. v. (reciprocal) To come together as one.
                If we want to win, we will need to unite.
          3. n. (historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotla
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exit
     1. n. A way out.
           He was looking for the exit and got lost.
     2. n. A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.
           She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside.
     3. n. The action of leaving.
           He made his exit at the opportune time.
     4. n. Death.
           The untimely exit of a consummate politician.
     5. v. To go out.
     6. v. To leave.
     7. v. (euphemism) To die.
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ā€˜and so what?ā€™.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ā€˜toā€™. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
new
     1. adj. Recently made, or created.
           This is a new scratch on my car!   The band just released a new album.
     2. adj. Additional; recently discovered.
           We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
     3. adj. Current or later, as opposed to former.
           My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older.   We had been in our new house for five years by then.
     4. adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
           New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
     5. adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
           Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?
     6. adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
           That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one.   I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep.   After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
     7. adj. Newborn.
           My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
     8. adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
           I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new.   Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
     9. adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
           The idea was new to me.   I need to meet new people.
     10. adj. Recently arrived or appeared.
           Have you met the new guy in town?   He is the new kid at school.
     11. adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
           Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time.   I'm new at this business.
     12. adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
           We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.
     13. adj. (vegetables) The first of the season.
     14. adv. Newly (especially in composition).
           new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown
     15. adv. As new; from scratch.
           They are scraping the site clean to build new.
     16. n. Things that are new.
           Out with the old, in with the new.
     17. n. (Australia) A kind of light beer.
     18. n. See also news.
     19. v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.
partnership
     1. n. The state of being associated with a partner.
     2. n. An association of two or more people to conduct a business
     3. n. (cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; ā€“ sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           Iā€™m reading the book. (Compare Iā€™m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= ā€œA stone hit him on his head.ā€)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but Iā€™m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and Iā€™m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
European
     1. adj. Related to Europe or the European Union.
     2. adj. (AU, dated) Of the white ethnicity.
           Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the first half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to
     3. adj. (finance) (of an option, not comparable) Can be exercised only at the expiry date.
     4. n. person living or originating from Europe
     5. n. person who resides within the European Union
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pledges
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of pledge
     2. n. plural of pledge
     pledge
          1. v. To make a solemn promise (to do something).
          2. v. To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
          3. v. To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
          4. n. A solemn promise to do something.
          5. n. Something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept until the money etc is returned.
          6. n. A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
          7. n. A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
          8. n. A drinking toast.
          9. n. (with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
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adherence
     1. n. A close physical union of two objects.
     2. n. Faithful support for some cause.
     3. n. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I donā€™t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           Iā€™m reading the book. (Compare Iā€™m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= ā€œA stone hit him on his head.ā€)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but Iā€™m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and Iā€™m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
constitutional
     1. adj. Relating to a legal or political constitution.
           a constitutional right
           constitutional reforms
           Brexit has rocked the foundations and plunged everyone into a state of heightened constitutional anxiety.
           Some in Westminster are already speculating that it would cause a constitutional crisis
     2. adj. Conforming to a legal or political constitution.
           The UK Governmentā€™s White Paper, ā€˜The United Kingdomā€™s exit from and new partnership with the European Unionā€™ pledges ā€˜continued adherence to the constitutional framework, rights and institutio
           Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements. Treaty on European Union.
     3. adj. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind.
           a constitutional infirmity
           constitutional ardour or dullness
     4. adj. For the benefit of one's constitution or health.
           a constitutional walk
     5. n. (nominalized adjective)
     6. n. A walk that is taken regularly for good health and wellbeing.
framework
     1. n. (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
     2. n. (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
     3. n. (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
     4. n. (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
           These ā€˜three principles of connexionā€™ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
     5. n. (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
     6. n. (literally) The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.
rights
     1. n. plural of right
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of right
     right
          1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
                a right line
          2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
                The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
          3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
                a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone
          4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
                I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
                It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
          5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
                Is this the right software for my computer?
          6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
                I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
          7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
                You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
          8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
          9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
          10. adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: ā†’
                After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
          11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
                the right side of a piece of cloth
          12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
          13. adv. On the right side.
          14. adv. Towards the right side.
          15. adv. Exactly, precisely.
                The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
                Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
          16. adv. Immediately, directly.
                Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
                Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
          17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
                I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
                I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
          18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
          19. adv. In a correct manner.
                Do it right or don't do it at all.
          20. adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
                Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
                Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
                The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
          21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
          22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
          23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
                - After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch?
          24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
                You're going, right?
          25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
          26. n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
                We're on the side of right in this contest.
          27. n. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
                You have no right to go through my personal diary.
                see also in right of
          28. n. The right side or direction.
                The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
          29. n. The right hand.
          30. n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
                The political right holds too much power.
          31. n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
          32. v. To correct.
                Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
          33. v. To set upright.
                The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
          34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
                When the wind died down, the ship righted.
          35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
                to right the oppressed
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ā€˜and so what?ā€™.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ā€˜toā€™. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
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