Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A suffix now merged in -th, of which it is one of the forms. See -th.
  • noun The form of -th, the ordinal suffix, after a vowel, as in twentieth, thirtieth etc. See -th.
  • noun The older form of the suffix of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, as in singeth, hopeth, etc. See -th and -es, -s.
  • noun A name of the Anglo-Saxon character đ or ð, used to distinguish it from the other character for th, namely þ, called thorn. See thorn and th.

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  • "So often the problem recurs because a person seeks a way of turning the passive-victim experience into the active mode of being a perpetrator," says UCLA child psychiatrist Dr. Spencer Eth. Does that mean some of the young Davidians will grow up to be oppressive parents?

    An Emotional Moonscape 2008

  • Given time this will cause more war and more hatred. ” “We are done with waiting, Eth. Already our scouts are identified by their grey skin.

    365 tomorrows » 2006 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006

  • In later texts, St. Thomas gradually abandoned it; see In Eth. viii.

    The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

  • In the later writings, Aquinas a more clearly emphasized the fact that the Aristotelian city seeks the satisfaction of not only the material but also the moral needs of man: In Eth. prologue ii; S.

    The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

  • See also In Eth. prologue 4, where St. Thomas, following more closely the Aristotelian doctrine of Pol. i. 2, no longer believes the Avicennian reasoning to be capable of demonstrating the conclusion that man is a political animal.

    The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

  • [Greek: — hae gar phusis bebion ou ta chraemata] 3 Eth. Eud., vii.

    The Wisdom of Life 2004

  • (Nig.); Sudan potato, Tumuku (Nig.); Vatke (Eth.).

    Chapter 19 1987

  • Such are the conditions of service in a country where, whatever the official statistics may show in terms of average income per head, a man can count himself lucky to be making Eth. $100 or $20 per month, the majority of people do not make half that much.

    Chapter 3 1983

  • Annual fixed capital charge at 10% (Eth. $ thousand) 378 436 556 967

    Chapter 7 1982

  • Net present value at 10%2 (Eth. $ thousand) 14,055

    Chapter 7 1982

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