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  • Though he kill me I will trust In him: Ure, seca, occide O Domine, (saith Austin) modo serves animam, kill, cut in pieces, burn my body (O Lord) to save my soul.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • "Ure, seca, occide," is the language of men backed with authority: "Quod tibi fieri non vis, alteri ne feceris," say the same men under oppression.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • 'Non parcaturalicui furi ultra 12 denarios, et ultra 12 annos nato -- ut occide-mus ilium et capiamus omne quod possidet, et inprimis sumamus rei furto ablatse pretium ab hserede, ac dividatur postea reliquum in duas partes, una pars uxori, si munda, et facinoris conscia non sit; et residuum in duo, dimi-dium capiat rex, dimidium societas.'

    Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson 1784

  • ,Verum recufat exteri fimul fcelus. y«Aat addequiddam tempori, aut dqris demei yjd fi recufas, occide: quid plus petis?,

    Analysis operum S.S. patrum et scriptorum ecclesiasticorum 1790

  • Sed in dommatione fopiilari tot poffunt efle Nerones, quot funt oratores qui popttlo adutantur: tantum enim poteft unulquiique eorum, quantum ipfe pofiilus i atque in fubtraliendis i posna lis qui per libidinem & odia privata concives immerito occide - runt» quad tacito quodam inter le pado, bodie mihi, cras tibi, alter alterius cupidini mutuo cedunt.

    Elementa philosophica de cive 1782

  • 'Non parcaturalicui furi ultra 12 denarios, et ultra 12 annos nato ” ut occide-mus ilium et capiamus omne quod possidet, et inprimis sumamus rei furto ablatse pretium ab hserede, ac dividatur postea reliquum in duas partes, una pars uxori, si munda, et facinoris conscia non sit; et residuum in duo, dimi-dium capiat rex, dimidium societas.'

    Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829

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  • Occide means to kill (Oxford English Dictionary).

    November 13, 2011

  • So does it follow, then, that Occident means "characterized by killing"? A lot of postcolonial theorists would say that's true.

    November 14, 2011

  • occide-Occam; Occam-razor; razor-barber, barber-Barbicide™.

    Barbicide website

    November 14, 2011

  • I accidentally went to the barmecide website, belonging to the barber's brother. There was nothing there.

    November 14, 2011

  • The Barbicide website link should work better now, sionnach.

    November 15, 2011

  • Yeah, I suppose it's not a big step to go from cutting Barbie's hair off to melting her in the oven. See here: http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/05/mutilating-barbie-dolls-business_harm.html

    November 15, 2011

  • The Barbicide website link should work better now, sionnach.

    Erm, I think you may have missed my leetle joke; what I said was there was nothing to see at the barmecide website.

    November 15, 2011

  • *throws another Barbie on the barbie*

    November 15, 2011

  • You know, if you just CHANGE ONE LETTER in this word, you get oocide.

    As the frogs say, you can't make an oeuf miroir without a leetle oocide.

    Es gibt kein Spiegelei ohne Eimord.

    Del punto de vista de los huevos, el cocinero es nada mas que un sicario.

    November 15, 2011