Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of defining or describing; definition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of defining; definition; description.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
defining . - noun A
definition ordescription .
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Examples
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To brush this issue off as if it were mere result of some dogmatic bigotry or blindness to the relative implications of the spectrum of policy issues on the table is itself a blindness to the scope and impact that would come from changing societal focus from one ideal in family definement to another.
Jerry Falwell: Romney's Mormonism "Will Not Be A Factor" 2009
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Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.
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"There should be a lot of re-definement," said Kettle.
Kootenay Rockies - News loadxml 2010
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Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.
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Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; -- though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.
Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590
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Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; — though, I know, to divide him inventorially, would dizzy the arithmetick of memory; and yet but raw neither, in respect of his quick sail.
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"uncommon warmth of temperament" -- a polite appellation for a most violent temper; and of "unbecoming coarseness" -- a delicate definement of
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864
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