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  • 21root up — ˌroot ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they root up he/she/it roots up present participle rooting up past tense …

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  • 22root|y — «ROO tee, RUT ee», adjective, root|i|er, root|i|est. 1. having many roots. 2. like roots …

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  • 23Root — Root, v. i. [Cf. {Rout} to roar.] To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the success of some one or the happening of some event, with the superstitious notion that this… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Root — Root, v. t. To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 25root — n *origin, source, inception, provenance, provenience, prime mover Analogous words: beginning, commencing or commencement, starting or start (see corresponding verbs at BEGIN): foundation, basis, ground (see BASE) root vb *applaud, cheer …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 26root — [n] base, core basis, bedrock, beginnings, bottom, cause, center, crux, derivation, essence, essentiality, footing, foundation, fountain, fountainhead, fundamental, germ, ground, groundwork, heart, inception, infrastructure, mainspring, marrow,… …

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  • 27Root — (spr. rut), Elihu, amerikan. Staatsmann, geb. 15. Febr. 1845 in Clinton (New York), studierte die Rechte und wurde 1899 von Mac Kinley an die Spitze des Kriegsdepartements gestellt, dem er bis März 1904 vorstand. Dann nahm er seine Anwaltspraxis… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 28root up — index disinter Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29root — (izg. rȗt) m DEFINICIJA inform. direktorij odakle se granaju svi niže hijerarhijski poredani direktoriji i njima pripadajuće datoteke; ishodišni direktorij ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 30Root — [ro͞ot] Elihu 1845 1937; U.S. statesman: secretary of state (1905 09) …

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