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- noun Obsolete spelling of
scion .
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Examples
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They should have kept Chindano in the dark, kept sient about their intentions and deported him immediately at the end of his sentence using the contrary to the "public good" argument.
In Praise of Nimby`s Newmania 2007
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Radical and socialist theories look upon the present order as merely tran - sient and emphasize a dialectical tension between a provisional state of affairs and an ultimate classless future.
CLASS LEWIS A. COSER 1968
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'Non si mihi linguae centum atque ora sient totidem vocesque liquatae,' is from _Il. _ ii. 489, and is imitated by Verg.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Principio ut illo advenimus, ubi primum terram tetigimus, continuo Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes; eos legat, Telobois iubet sententiam ut dicant suam; si sine vi et sine hello velint rapta et raptores tradere, si quae asportassent redderent, se exercitum extemplo domum reducturum, abituros agro Argivos, pacem atque otium dare illis; sin aliter sient animati neque dent quae petat, sese igitur summa vi virisque eorum oppidum oppugnassere.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Nimia mira memoras; si istaec vera sunt, divinitus non metuo quin meae uxori latae suppetiae sient.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Pro re nitorem et gloriam pro copia qui habent, meminerunt sese unde oriundi sient. neque pol, Megadore, mihi neque quoiquam pauperi opinione melius res structa est domi.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Quid ego nunc agam? nunc nobis prope adest exitium, mi atque erili filiae, nunc probrum atque partitudo prope adest ut fiat palam; quod celatum atque occultatum est usque adhuc, nunc non potest. ibo intro, ut erus quae imperavit facta, cum veniat, sient. nam ecastor malum maerore metuo ne mixtum bibam.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Kevlar dei 24 Grana Cura 'e paure cu mille culure poco te resta se niente sai fà se' o ffuoco abbrucia fa tutto cchiù scuro chell che sient è 'a paura e passà Quanta speranz s'arape 'a matina quanno 'a matina s'arapre cu te quanno nu juorn
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Randolphe muttered some indistinct response; and was again sinking to For - getfuJnesS, when Monta*iba«, with a tran - sient exertion of strength, rudely shook, him, and sternly bade him rise.
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Neither can any thing alleviate the sorrow which justly arises from the loss of the one, or the miseries that often flow from the treachery of the other, but the consideration that life itself is tran - sient.
The liberal critic; or, Memoirs of Henry Percy. Conveying a correct estimate of the manners and principles of the present times .. Ashe, Thomas, 1770-1835 1812
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