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91fortune — fortuneless, adj. /fawr cheuhn/, n., v., fortuned, fortuning. n. 1. position in life as determined by wealth: to make one s fortune. 2. wealth or riches: to lose a small fortune in bad investments. 3. great wealth; ample stock of money, property …
92novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <… …
93Paraguay — Paraguayan, adj., n. /par euh gwuy , gway /; Sp. /pah rddah gwuy /, n. 1. a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 5,651,634; 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Cap.: Asunción. 2. a river in central South America …
94Pindaric ode — Pros. an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode. Also called regular ode. [1630 40] * * * Ceremonious poem in the manner of Pindar, who employed …
95plaything — /play thing /, n. 1. a thing to play with; toy. 2. a person who is used capriciously and selfishly by another. [1665 75; PLAY + THING1] * * * …
96Nādir Shah — born Oct. 22, 1688, Kobhan, Ṣafavid Iran died June 1747, near Fatḥābād Iranian conqueror and ruler. Originally a bandit of the Turkish Afshar tribes, he helped restore Ṭahmāsp II of the Safavid dynasty to Iran s throne, defeating the Ghilzay… …
97Kotzebue, August von — ▪ German playwright born May 3, 1761, Weimar, Saxony [Germany] died March 23, 1819, Mannheim, Baden German playwright widely influential in popularizing poetic drama, into which he instilled melodramatic sensationalism and sentimental… …
98Xiong Shili — ▪ Chinese philosopher Wade Giles romanization Hsiung Shih li born 1885?, Hubei province, China died 1968, Beijing one of the outstanding figures of 20th century Chinese philosophy. His ontological system is an original synthesis of… …
99Induction — • Induction is the conscious mental process by which we pass from the perception of particular phenomena (things and events) to the knowledge of general truths Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Induction Induction …
100pope — The Pope † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633). The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …
