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  • 31invalidate — transitive verb Date: 1649 to make invalid; especially to weaken or destroy the cogency of Synonyms: see nullify • invalidation noun • invalidator noun …

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  • 32invalidity — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1550 1. lack of validity or cogency 2. incapacitating bodily disability; also invalidism …

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  • 33overbear — transitive verb (overbore; overborne; also overborn; bearing) Date: 1535 1. to bring down by superior weight or force ; overwhelm 2. a. to domineer over b. to surpass in importance or cogency ; outweigh …

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  • 34point — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Anglo French, prick, dot, moment, from Latin punctum, from neuter of punctus, past participle of pungere to prick; partly from Anglo French pointe sharp end, from Vulgar Latin *puncta, from Latin,… …

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  • 35proof — I. noun Etymology: Middle English prof, prove, alteration of preve, from Anglo French preove, from Late Latin proba, from Latin probare to prove more at prove Date: 13th century 1. a. the cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of …

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  • 36Aristotle — For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs Marble bust of Aristotle. Roman copy after a Gree …

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  • 37Ambiguity — Sir John Tenniel s illustration of the Caterpillar for Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland is noted for its ambiguous central figure, whose head can be viewed as being a human male s face with a pointed nose and pointy chin or being… …

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  • 38Axiom — This article is about logical propositions. For other uses, see Axiom (disambiguation). In traditional logic, an axiom or postulate is a proposition that is not proven or demonstrated but considered either to be self evident or to define and… …

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  • 39Anarcho-capitalism — Part of the Politics series on Anarchism …

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  • 40Alan Turing — Turing redirects here. For other uses, see Turing (disambiguation). Alan Turing Turing at the time of his election to Fellowship of the Royal Society …

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