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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
juchten .
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Examples
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He was, at his earnefb requeft, baptized juft before he died; fo that his death was no lefa exemplary, than his life had been glo - rious (4).
An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time 1780
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So the projectors agreed it fhould be done in juft ten years.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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So the projectors agreed it fhould be done in juft ten years.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Without going back to the unavoidable and juft caufes of the
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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A thing may be juft, and yet inexpedient: the jus - tice of an act relates to the conduct of another, the expediency to our own fituation.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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An injury which was a juft caufe of war, remains a juft caufc for its continuance, till atonement is offered, or till it is fettled by negociation.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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The language and fentiments of thefe memorialifts were juft, and were correftly pointed at that time againft Great Brit - ain alone, and met the approbation of both Houfes ofCongrefs and of the nation.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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It may be juft for me to foe the man who withholds from me the fmalleft fum; and yet fo inexpedient* as, to be even ridiculous.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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And f on this occafion, its juft limits have been violated, let him who las been the unprovoked caufe, appropriate to himfelf exclufive -
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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The appeal was accordingly made, in a jiift catife, to the juft and all powerful Being who holds in his hand the chaip of events and the dfftiny of nations.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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