Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
graft .
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Examples
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After laying wafte a great part of this beautiful city, and entirely dcftroying fcycral valuable remains of antiquity, its further pro - greft was Hopped by the ocean, over whofe banks it poured its deftruftive current.
The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798
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Still lefs could a bank afford to ad - vance him any confiderable part of his fixed capital; of the capital which the. undertaker of an iron forge, for exlample, employs in erecting his forge and fmelting-houfe, his work-houfes and warehoufesj the dwelling - houfes of his work - men, &c.; of the capital which the undertaker of a mine employs in finking his fhafts, in greft - ing THE WEALTH OF NATIONS.
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 1789
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The reft of Italy was animated by a iimilar fpirit, and the pro - greft
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1788
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