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- proper noun A male
given name of Italian origin, presumably in honor of the poet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
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Examples
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"Pray publish the Dante and the _Pulci_ (the _Prophecy of Dante_, I mean).
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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He was a specialist in Dante, whom he loved supremely.
On Adrian Fortescue 2009
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Since Dante is a compendium of the middle ages, bringing together its theology and philosophy as well as its poetry, liturgy and music, this was more that a well-turned phrase.
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Since Dante is a compendium of the middle ages, bringing together its theology and philosophy as well as its poetry, liturgy and music, this was more that a well-turned phrase.
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Since Dante is a compendium of the middle ages, bringing together its theology and philosophy as well as its poetry, liturgy and music, this was more that a well-turned phrase.
Education 2009
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The passage comes from the last few lines of the Inferno, just as Dante is preparing to leave Hell.
Dinaw Mengestu discusses many aspects of his first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears 2010
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Just yesterday as I was having my coffee I looked up and there on the TV was Pierce Brosnan in Dante's Peak, a volcano erupting in the middle of everyone's "normal" lives.
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So when I made them notice, in Dante's language, that that was a fraud I got this answer: You should have immediately told us you were Italian.
Global Voices in English » Japan: Reactions to the Japanese tourist rip-off in Italy 2009
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Since Dante is a compendium of the middle ages, bringing together its theology and philosophy as well as its poetry, liturgy and music, this was more that a well-turned phrase.
Art and Literature 2009
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As he demonstrated in his two Gremlins movies and Small Soldiers, Joe Dante is a master of that niche market, the horror movie for the whole family.
The Hole 3D Philip French 2010
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