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The English language is peculiarly rich in synonyms, as, with such a history, it could not fail to be. From the time of Julius Cæsar, Britons, Romans, Northmen, Saxons, Danes, and Normans fighting, fortifying, and settling upon the soil of England, with Scotch and Irish conten...
_Abandon_ is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; _abdicate_ and _resign_ apply to office, authority, or power; _cede_ to territorial possess...
4. Chapter 41. To what objects or classes of objects does _abandon_ apply? _abdicate_? _cede_? _quit_? _resign_? _surrender_? 2. Is _abandon_ used in the favorable or unfavorable sense? _de...
1. Chapter 1The English language is peculiarly rich in synonyms, as, with such a history, it could not fail to be. From the time of Julius Cæsar, Britons, Romans, Northmen, Saxons, Danes, a...
2. Chapter 2A. D. Appleton & Co. | K.-F. Krauth-Fleming AS. Anglo-Saxon | "Vocabulary of Philosophy." BELL; B. & S. Bell & Sons | L. Latin; Lippincott & Co. F. French | L. & S. Lee & Shepar...