subsense

This subsense, 2, does not acknowledge an attempt to pass off yada, yada, yada.

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This subsense, 2, does not acknowledge an attempt to pass off same-sex couples as like a marriage.

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This subsense, 2, does not acknowledge an attempt to pass off yada, yada, yada.

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The only usages in the m-w definition of marriage is in subsense 1a(2) and in sense 3 (as denoted by being enclosed in angle brackets).

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I think, however, that Cicero does not use _laudo_ in this sense except in connexion with _auctorem_, _auctores_, and even then generally with a subsense, at least, of commendation.

The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero

And if you’ve read what I’ve written about how to read a dictionary entry sense, subsense, usage, you have learned something new, too.

Why are only queer rights on the chopping block? 2005

And if you’ve read what I’ve written about how to read a dictionary entry sense, subsense, usage, you have learned something new, too.

Why are only queer rights on the chopping block? 2005