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  • 111per se — ► ADVERB ▪ by or in itself or themselves. ORIGIN Latin …

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  • 112per- — ► PREFIX 1) through; all over: pervade. 2) completely; very: perfect. 3) Chemistry having the maximum proportion of some element in combination: peroxide …

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  • 113Per — abbrev. 1. Persia 2. Persian …

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  • 114per se — [pər sā′, pərsē′] [L] by (or in) itself; intrinsically …

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  • 115per|ac|id — «pur AS ihd», noun. an acid containing a greater proportion of oxygen than others made up of the same elements. Example: perchloric acid (HClO4) is a peracid in its relation to chloric acid (HClO3) …

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  • 116per|am|bu|la|to|ry — «puh RAM byuh luh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. perambulating; traveling …

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  • 117per|du — «puhr DOO, DYOO», adjective, noun. –adj. hidden away; out of sight; concealed: »James…was lying perdu in the lobby (Scott). –n. Obsolete. a soldier in a position of special danger, and hence considered as virtually lost. ╂[< Middle French… …

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  • 118per|go|la — «PUR guh luh», noun. an arbor made of a trellis supported by posts, for training vines or other plants. ╂[< Italian pergola < Latin pergula learn to (roof), arbor (diminutive) < unrecorded perga timber work] …

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  • 119per|i|ge|al — «PEHR uh JEE uhl», adjective. of or having to do with perigee …

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  • 120per|i|ge|an — «PEHR uh JEE uhn», adjective. = perigeal. (Cf. ↑perigeal) …

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