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eclaircissements

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  • noun Plural form of eclaircissement.

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Examples

  • The eclaircissements which the occasion required were followed by the resignation of the secretary.

    Life and Times of Washington Schroeder, J. F. 1903

  • He, to the great dissatisfaction of the lady, was in the same situation with myself, and the eclaircissements resulting from the conversation removed from me all regret, on account of my having broken with her forever.

    The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896

  • He published, one after another, the volumes of his translation of the Bible, with expositions (_eclaircissements_) which had been required by the examiners.

    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 1830

  • Convinced of the propriety of those eclaircissements which his

    The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Jared Sparks 1827

  • He, to the great dissatisfaction of the lady, was in the same situation with myself, and the eclaircissements resulting from the conversation removed from me all regret, on account of my having broken with her forever.

    The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1782

  • The answer from the court of France to Mr. Thomson on the subject of the boy (909) is most arrogant: "that when we have given them satisfaction for the many complaints which they have made on our infraction of treaties, then they will think of giving us des ` eclaircissements."

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757

  • He, to the great dissatisfaction of the lady, was in the same situation with myself, and the eclaircissements resulting from the conversation removed from me all regret, on account of my having broken with her forever.

    The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745

  • He, to the great dissatisfaction of the lady, was in the same situation with myself, and the eclaircissements resulting from the conversation removed from me all regret, on account of my having broken with her forever.

    The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 10 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745

  • _eclaircissements_, proposals -- pleasant, sober-faced Phil coming in with his burden of afternoon papers -- or Jo, or Charley (who jump'd in the dock last week, and saved a stout lady from drowning,) to replenish the stove, and clearing it with long crow-bar poker.

    Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855

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