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101Lamentable — Lam en*ta*ble, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] Lamentable eye. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable;… …
102Lamentableness — Lamentable Lam en*ta*ble, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] Lamentable eye. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;… …
103Lamentably — Lamentable Lam en*ta*ble, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] Lamentable eye. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;… …
104Logical impossibility — Impossibility Im*pos si*bil i*ty, n.; pl. {Impossibilities}. [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit[ e].] 1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability. [1913 Webster] They confound difficulty with impossibility. South. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
105Nightmare — Night mare (n[imac]t m[^a]r ), n. [Night + mare incubus. See {Mare} incubus.] 1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep. [archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. A trerrifying or oppressive dream characterized by a sense of… …
106deceive — verb (deceived; deceiving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French deceivre, from Latin decipere, from de + capere to take more at heave Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. archaic ensnare 2 …
107devastate — transitive verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Latin devastatus, past participle of devastare, from de + vastare to lay waste more at waste Date: 1638 1. to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action < a country devastated …
108helpless — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. lacking protection or support ; defenseless 2. a. marked by an inability to act or react < the crowd looked on in helpless horror Current Biography > b. not able to be controlled or restrained < helpless… …
109shrivel — verb ( eled or elled; eling or shrivelling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1565 intransitive verb 1. to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture 2. a. to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency b. dwindle …
110weaken — verb (weakened; weakening) Date: 1530 transitive verb 1. to make weak ; lessen the strength of 2. to reduce in intensity or effectiveness intransitive verb to become weak • weakener noun Synonyms …
