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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau.
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- proper noun A female
given name , in regular use since theReformation .
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- noun (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
Etymologies
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Examples
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˜Rebecca™ and Rebecca* (i.e. Rebecca), etc. Thus, for example, A is presumably the reference relation that obtains between ˜Rebecca™ and Rebecca*.
Structured Propositions King, Jeffrey C. 2001
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For as Rebecca was shawling her in an upper apartment, where these two friends had an opportunity for a little of that secret talking and conspiring which forms the delight of female life, Amelia, coming up to Rebecca, and taking her two little hands in hers, said, Rebecca, I see it all.
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rebecca m · May 27th, 2007 at 3:24 pm to emphasize your point against YD, Rebecca, any rabbi looking for a psak will ivariably consult numerous sources.
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So, in Rebecca, the narrative works to undo those unhealthy attachments to fantasy images.
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Rebecca is great, but My Cousin Rachel usually runs a close second for a lot of readers.
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Rebecca from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, Iranians protesting the results of the recent election found an outlet and a means of organizing with the Internet, and showed that new digital media can help free speech and fight repression globally.
Boing Boing 2009
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Laura (southernxyl): but you assume character defects in Rebecca (that she is a control freak) and thosedo
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Rebecca is a wonderful novel, and I wish I could read it for the first time again.
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David – I quite agree that, structurally, Rebecca is outstanding.
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Rebecca is a book that continues to fascinate and amaze me as one of the most perfect literary thrillers ever written … and the du Mauriers, as people, are just as interesting.
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