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Get , get / get/ • v. (get·ting ; past got / gät/ ; past part. got or got·ten / ˈgätn/ ) 1. [tr.] come to have or hold (something); receive: I got the impr… Phrasal Verb , PHRASAL VERB
PHRASAL VERB [First used in print by Logan Pearsall Smith, in Words and Idioms (1925), in which he states that the OED Editor Henry Brad… asseveration , as·sev·er·a·tion / əˌsevəˈrāshən/ • n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something: I fear that you offer only unsupported asseverat… lact- , lact- stem of L. lac, lact- milk (cf. Gr. gála, galakt-; see GALAXY) in derivs.: lactation XVII(f. L. lactāre), lacteal XVII (f. L. lacteus), lacteou… consolation , con·so·la·tion / ˌkänsəˈlāshən/ • n. comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment: there was consolation in knowing that others were w… ineffable , in·ef·fa·ble / inˈefəbəl/ • adj. too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words: the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades. ∎ not to…
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