Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Latin verbum intransitum (verb intransitive)
- abbreviation Latin vide infra (see below)
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verb intransitive orintransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)
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Examples
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EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew.
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EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew.
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Nkoya kukûla "to become mature (of male)"; Nyanja, kula, ku - v.i. "grow, grow up, mature"; Zigua kukula "to grow, to scrape (as when shaving)."
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APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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ABSCOND, v.i. To "move in a mysterious way," commonly with the property of another.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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Israfel Brown DISSEMBLE, v.i. To put a clean shirt upon the character.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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DANCE, v.i. To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms about your neighbor's wife or daughter.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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CONDOLE, v.i. To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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G.J. DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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