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weakened by old age; feeble; infirm: a decrepit man who can hardly walk.
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worn out by long use; dilapidated: a decrepit stove
enfeebled
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unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
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not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor.
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loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house. |
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inclined or disposed to love, esp. sexual love: an amorous disposition.
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showing or expressing love: an amorous letter.
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of or pertaining to love: amorous poetry.
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being in love; enamored: She smiled and at once he became amorous of her.
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| a pretentious, swaggering display of courage. |
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to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, esp. in Christian doctrine.
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to question with reference to belief.
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an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
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a sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness; misgiving: a sudden qualm about the success of the venture.
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a sudden sensation or onset of faintness or illness, esp. of nausea.
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a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
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a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer.
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an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
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( initial capital letter [image]) Military . a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.
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Machinery .
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a tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam.
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a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat.
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to open with or as if with a lancet.
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to pierce with a lance.
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to cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME launce < OF lance < L lancea (perh. < Celtic)
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adjective
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
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reluctant or restrained.
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burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
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having or involving obligations or responsibilities, esp. legal ones, that outweigh the advantages: an onerous agreement.
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