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| to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority |
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| to reject as having no authority or binding force |
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| a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack |
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| to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement |
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1. the act of imprecating; cursing.
2. a curse; malediction. |
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| to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock |
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| to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock |
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| tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory |
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| having very great or unlimited power |
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| subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; |
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| to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle. |
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| to disregard, set aside, or nullify; countermand: |
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| to force, compel, or oblige |
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| something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates. |
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| to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily |
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| to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife. |
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| to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot. |
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| to place (oneself) purposely in the favour (of another) |
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| the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power. |
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| to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor. |
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| to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. |
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| to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. |
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| passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, esp. of something wrong or illegal |
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| to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair. |
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1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
2. accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery |
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