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[review deer undertaker in ayers] ::
undertaker origionally meant "one who undertakes anything" BUT NOW means "one who undertakes the special task of preparing bodies for burial"
deer meant any animal BUT NOW is applicable to only one specific type |
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[review decimate, vaccine, berserk, treacle]
vaccine: [
decimate: (decim-tenth) origionally referred to the destruction of one tenth of a military unit; now refers to the destruction of any large part. |
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'tending to, characterized by'
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'to invent'
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'foot'
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'tending to, inclinded to'
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'tending to, inclined to'
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'to chatter'
-ulous garrulous |
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'to tremble'
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Assassin:: entered the languages of europe during the crusades, when the members of a certain mohammedan sect, having vowed the killing of christian leaders, made the use of the narcotic hashish to work themsleves into a state of frenzy sufficient for the dangerous task::: Assassin (arabic hashshashin) consequently first meant - "EATER OF HASHISH" then a special group of "hashish-eating terrorists" and finaly any "treacherous murderer" whether under the influence of drugs or not.
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