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  • 121ravish — ravishedly, adv. ravisher, n. /rav ish/, v.t. 1. to fill with strong emotion, esp. joy. 2. to seize and carry off by force. 3. to carry off (a woman) by force. 4. to rape (a woman). [1250 1300; ME ravishen < MF raviss , long s. of ravir to seize&#8230; …

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  • 122transfix — transfixion /trans fik sheuhn/, n. /trans fiks /, v.t., transfixed or fixt, fixing. 1. to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc. 2. to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale. 3. to hold or fasten with or on&#8230; …

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  • 123Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual&#8230; …

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  • 124Dostoyevsky, Fyodor — ▪ Russian author Introduction in full  Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky  Dostoyevsky also spelled  Dostoevsky  born November 11, [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russia died February 9 [January 28, O.S.], 1881, St. Petersburg       Russian&#8230; …

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  • 125confine — con·fine vt con·fined, con·fin·ing: to hold within a location; specif: imprison Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. confine …

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  • 126detain — de·tain vt 1: to hold or keep in custody or possession property wrongfully detain ed a juvenile detain ed in a care facility 2: to restrain from proceeding detain ed the driver and asked to see his license …

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  • 127interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim …

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  • 128awe — 1. noun /ɔː,ɔ,ɑ/ a) A feeling of fear and reverence. For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a …

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