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  • 91advocate — v 1. speak for, plead for, argue for, speak in favor of, speak well or highly or warmly of, have or put in a good word for; support, back, second, maintain, sustain, uphold; champion, defend, patronize, espouse, favor, countenance; subscribe to,… …

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  • 92support — v 1. bear, bear up, upbear, hold, hold up, uphold, truss, truss up; prop, prop up, brace, bolster, bolster up, buttress, gird, stay, mainstay; carry, shoulder, keep up, crutch, shore, shore up, reinforce, re strengthen; bed, embed, base, be at… …

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  • 93defend — [v1] protect avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look… …

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  • 94femme — Femme, f. penac. Signifie ores tout le sexe des femmes, comme, Dieu crea l homme et la femme, Masculum et foeminam, et ores l espouse d un chacun marié, Vxor, et n a le François terme propre pour ceste derniere signification, horsmis espouse,… …

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  • 95dette — Dette. s. f. Quelques uns escrivent encore Debte, Somme d argent que l on doit. Ancienne, nouvelle dette. petite, grosse dette. dette privilegiée. dette hypothecaire meschante dette. Dette active, Ce qui nous est dû. Dette passive, Ce que nous… …

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  • 96fils — FILS. s. m. Terme relatif qui se dit d Un enfant masle, par rapport, au pere & à la mere. Fils legitime. fils desnaturé. fils adoptif. fils naturel, fils bastard. fils aisné. fils puisné. fils unique. fils de famille, fils posthume. On dit… …

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  • 97beaufrere — Beaufrere. s. m. Nom d alliance qui se donne, Ou par une femme au frere de son mari, Ou par un mari au frere de sa femme, Ou par un frere ou une soeur au mari de sa soeur. C est le frere de vostre mari, & par consequent vostre beau frere. c est… …

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  • 98wive — verb 1. take (someone) as a wife • Hypernyms: ↑marry, ↑get married, ↑wed, ↑conjoin, ↑hook up with, ↑get hitched with, ↑espouse …

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  • 99CONSERVATION — Introduction In consequence of the establishment in Israel of a Ministry for the Environment it is appropriate to take stock of the deep concern for the environment and its conservation which, from its earliest documents onwards, infuses Jewish… …

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  • 100GOD — IN THE BIBLE The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of volumes composed by different authors living in various countries over a period of more than a millennium. In these circumstances, divergencies of emphasis (cf. Kings with… …

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