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V , V, v [Called ‘vee’]. The 22nd LETTER of the Roman ALPHABET as used for English. It originated, along with F, U, W, Y, in the Phoenician consonant sym… Gybe , gybe • v. & n. variant spelling of jibe2 .
gybe, jibe (naut.) swing from one side of the vessel to the other, as a sail; put (a boat) about. XVII. —… Chichimec , Chichimec •beck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, lek, neck, peck, Québec, re… deprive , de·prive / diˈprīv/ • v. [tr.] deny (a person or place) the possession or use of something: the city was deprived of its water supplies. ∎ archaic de… Reuben , Reuben
REUBEN (Heb. רְאוּבֵן), firstborn son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32; 46:8), and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Reuben. The biblical de… Analog Circuit , V The letter used by the CCITT to categorize standards relating to data communications over telephone (analog) circuits; the number following the let…
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