Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation saint
- abbreviation sea
- abbreviation Medicine signature
- abbreviation signor
- abbreviation signore
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- abbreviation
Saint . - abbreviation
Signor orSignore .
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Examples
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The larvæ of _Samia cecropia, S. gloveri_, and _S. ceanothi_, are very much alike; and hardly any difference can be observed in the first two stages.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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The branches of the panicle are always stiff and horizontal in S. coromandelianus and the spikelets are appressed to the branches and never spreading or drooping, whereas in _S. commutatus_ the branches are never stiff and horizontal, always obliquely ascending and the spikelets are spreading and drooping.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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S. to A.S. _ (a title changed in a second edition into "_A Reply of Two of the Brethren to A.S._"); again "A.S." responded; and so the controversy went on, pamphlets thickening on pamphlets.
The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864
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Tudor, _O. and S. _, p. 364.] [Footnote 18: _O. S._, ch.
Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray
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The first one was what they call a S.O.F., or soft insert.
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And then on the 29 of the sayd moneth, early in the morning we hoised saile to passe on further, and sayling along the Northerne coast that runneth Northeast and S.uthwest, til two houres after S.n-set or thereabouts, then we crossed along two Islands, which doe stretch further foorth then the others, which we called S. Williams Islands, being distant about 20 leagues or more from the Port of Brest.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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They anchored to the S. W.. of this point, in a tolerably commodious bay which they called S.. Laiirence Bay, bccaufe it was on the loth of
The Monthly Review 1785
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So use the acronym S.A.F.E. to remember to ask the right questions before you have cosmetic work done on your face or your body.
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: The Psychological Factors Surrounding Cosmetic Surgery 2010
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As a psychologist who works with women who openly talk about their desire to look good at any age, I use the acronym S.A.F.E. to help them make good choices regarding cosmetic procedures.
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: The Psychological Factors Surrounding Cosmetic Surgery 2010
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To this end, I've broken self-care down into a totally scientific process I call S.T.O.P. Try it!
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