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continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned: antiquated attitudes.
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no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent: The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine.
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aged; old: |
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–noun, plural -ties.
lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank. |
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to decrease in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to de-escalate a war. |
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serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action. |
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Military . to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
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to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately: to deploy a battery of new missiles. |
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–verb (used with object)
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to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
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(of a liquid) to filter through; permeate.
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to brew (coffee) in a percolator.
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to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle.
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to become percolated: The coffee is starting to percolate.
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to become active, lively, or spirited. |
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–verb (used with object)
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to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
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(of a liquid) to filter through; permeate.
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to brew (coffee) in a percolator.
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to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle.
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to become percolated: The coffee is starting to percolate.
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to become active, lively, or spirited. |
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–noun
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the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
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a lawsuit. |
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–noun, plural -dies.
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a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
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a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return.
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a grant or contribution of money. |
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–verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
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to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
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to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
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to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence: The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part. |
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existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants. |
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shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
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made of brass.
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like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.
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to make brazen or bold.
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brazen out / through, to face boldly or shamelessly: He prefers to brazen it out rather than admit defeat. |
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-verb (used with object)
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to examine in detail with careful or critical attention. |
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to track or trail, as a detective |
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a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
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a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment: The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition.
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a gradual reduction in work force without firing of personnel, as when workers resign or retire and are not replaced. |
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requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
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characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail: laborious research.
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characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort, dullness, and lack of spontaneity; labored: a strained, laborious plot. |
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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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the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body. |
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–adjective
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serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
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showing depth and sincerity of feeling: earnest words; an earnest entreaty.
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seriously important; demanding or receiving serious attention. |
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