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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of declension.
  • An abbreviation of declination.

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Examples

  • Decémber dêcent decídûous - yû déckchair one word declássè can be written as in French déclassé * dây-clássây décimate decîpher cf. cŷpher or cîpher

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Decémber dêcent decídûous - yû déckchair one word declássè can be written as in French déclassé * dây-clássây décimate decîpher cf. cŷpher or cîpher

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The higher average, which it said was still below the peaks seen in some previous years, was largely the result of staff reductions; the number of associates at the top 50 firms fell by 6.7% through Sept. 30, after decl ining 1.5% in 2009.

    Law Firms Hold Line In Setting Bonuses Vanessa O'Connell 2010

  • For example, check Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 17.12.11, where three Sarmatian names are Latinized as Rumo 3rd decl.

    The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone 2009

  • The decl MP from the PSC, Lourdes Muñoz Santamaría, who, along with her family, is trapped in the Convention Center of New Orleans, has described the situation in the evacuation center, in which there are some 10,000 people, as “dramatic and without any organization whatsoever,” in a statement to CNN+.

    09/02/2005 2005

  • He thought that political philosophy was under decl -- was in a decline, and even an eclipse; that people had forgotten its original meaning.

    Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America 2000

  • Cricket-Australia 270-6 decl against Free State 14: 08 Thinly traded

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • MACLOS manual control to line of sight mag decl magnetic north declination main attack the principal attack or effort into which a commander throws the full weight of the offensive combat power at his disposal.

    FM 44-48 - Glossary United States Army 1993

  • Φῶς -- See vii, 25. 27. ἀλλ '-- conj. for ἀλλά, final vowel elided, § 22. 28. ἀληϑινόν -- adj., from ἀληϑινός; neut. 2d decl.,

    Greek in a Nutshell James Strong

  • For ἐκ before a vowel, § 18; atonic, § 3. 20. αἷμα, neut. 3 decl. like No. 15; gen., § 81; plur. is

    Greek in a Nutshell James Strong

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