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to wipe out; do away with; expunge |
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beginning to exist or develop |
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to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately |
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strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable |
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to beg urgently or piteously for (aid, mercy, pardon, etc.) |
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to tear down; demolish; level to the ground |
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tropical tree whose leaves are used as a cooking herb |
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| "the words of Doua on the name-giving day" |
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| Doua, King Maghan's griot, had repeated the hunter's prophecy at the infant Sundiata's ceremonial naming. |
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| "the wild yam of the rocks" |
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| when the vines of these yams grow in boulder-strewn areas, their underground tubers anchor then among the rocks and make them very difficult to uproot. |
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a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc. |
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an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency. |
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