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  • 71hidden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See concealment. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Secret] Syn. esoteric, clandestine, surreptitious; see secret 3 , obscure 3 , unknown 1 . 2. [Concealed from view] Syn. secreted, secluded, out of sight,… …

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  • 72un·ob·served — /ˌʌnəbˈzɚvd/ adj : not seen or noticed The fire went unobserved for several minutes. an unobserved problem …

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  • 73Escape — Es*cape , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper, eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one s cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one s cape and escape. See 3d {Cape}, and cf.… …

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  • 74Escaped — Escape Es*cape , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper, eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one s cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one s cape and escape. See 3d {Cape}, and… …

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  • 75Escaping — Escape Es*cape , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper, eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one s cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one s cape and escape. See 3d {Cape}, and… …

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  • 76Insidious — In*sid i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See {Sit}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous;… …

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  • 77Insidious disease — Insidious In*sid i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See {Sit}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly;… …

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  • 78Insidiously — Insidious In*sid i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See {Sit}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly;… …

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  • 79Insidiousness — Insidious In*sid i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See {Sit}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly;… …

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  • 80Lapse — (l[a^]ps), n. [L. lapsus, fr. labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide, to fall: cf. F. laps. See {Sleep}.] 1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; restricted usually to immaterial things, or to… …

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