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  • 91Boast — Boast, n. 1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. [1913 Webster] Reason and morals? and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, sometimes of …

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  • 92Commendable — Com*mend a*ble, a. Note: (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L. commendabilis.] Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. [1913 Webster] Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable.… …

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  • 93Commendableness — Commendable Com*mend a*ble, a. Note: (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L. commendabilis.] Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. [1913 Webster] Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but… …

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  • 94Commendably — Commendable Com*mend a*ble, a. Note: (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L. commendabilis.] Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. [1913 Webster] Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but… …

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  • 95Disreputable — Dis*rep u*ta*ble, a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 96Dissident — Dis si*dent, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. [1913 Webster] The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc? as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical… …

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  • 97Excel — Ex*cel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excelling}.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See {Culminate}, {Column}.] 1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable… …

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  • 98Excel — Ex*cel , v. i. To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics. [1913 Webster] Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4. [1913… …

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  • 99Excelled — Excel Ex*cel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excelling}.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See {Culminate}, {Column}.] 1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or… …

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  • 100Excelling — Excel Ex*cel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excelling}.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See {Culminate}, {Column}.] 1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or… …

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