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  • 31intimate — Synonyms and related words: absolute, acquaintance, acquainted with, adumbrate, advocate, affectionate, allegorize, allied, allude to, alter ego, amigo, anonymous, approaching, approximate, approximating, arm in arm, assembled, associate,… …

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  • 32suggest — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, advance, advert, advise, advocate, allegorize, allude, allude to, ape, appear like, approach, approve, approximate, argue, assume, attest, be construed as, be indicative of, be like, be redolent of, be… …

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  • 33japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 34Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 35logic, history of — Introduction       the history of the discipline from its origins among the ancient Greeks to the present time. Origins of logic in the West Precursors of ancient logic       There was a medieval tradition according to which the Greek philosopher …

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  • 36arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 37Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge — G.H.R.Parkinson The philosophical writings of Spinoza are notoriously obscure, and they have been interpreted in many ways. Some interpreters see Spinoza as (in the words of a contemporary)1 ‘the reformer of the new [sc. Cartesian] philosophy’.… …

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  • 38innuendo — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. implication, intimation, allusion. See information. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insinuation, intimation, imputation, aside; see allusion , hint 1 , suggestion 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 39suggest — 1 Suggest, imply, hint, intimate, insinuate can all mean to convey an idea or the thought of something by indirect means. Suggest emphasizes a putting into the mind as the result of an association of ideas, an awakening of a desire, or an… …

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  • 40in´ti|mat´er — in|ti|mate1 «IHN tuh miht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very familiar; known very well; closely acquainted: »Although the governor knew many people, he had few intimate friends. The English colonists at Rome perforce became intimate, and in many… …

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