| appal | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appall, dismay, horrify |
| appall | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, dismay, horrify |
| appalled | (adjective) struck with fear, dread, or consternation | Synonyms: aghast, dismayed, shocked |
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| appalling | (adjective) causing consternation | Synonyms: dismaying |
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| (noun) an experience that appalls | - |
| appallingly | (adverb) to an appalling extent | - |
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| appanage | (noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family | Synonyms: apanage |
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| (noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | Synonyms: apanage |
| apparatchik | (noun) a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party | - |
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| (noun) a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) | - |
| apparatus | (noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function | Synonyms: setup |
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| (noun) (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function | - |
| apparel | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: clothes, dress, wearing apparel |
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| (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
| appareled | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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| apparency | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparentness |
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| apparent | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
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| (adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so | Synonyms: ostensible, seeming |
| apparently | (adverb) from appearances alone | Synonyms: on the face of it, ostensibly, seemingly |
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| (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly |
| apparentness | (noun) the property of being apparent | Synonyms: apparency |
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| apparition | (noun) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly | - |
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| (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
| (noun) the appearance of a ghostlike figure | - |
| (noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
| apparitional | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual |
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| appeal | (noun) (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial | - |
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| (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appealingness, charm |
| (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: entreaty, prayer |
| (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: collection, ingathering, solicitation |
| (verb) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection | Synonyms: invoke |
| (verb) cite as an authority; resort to | Synonyms: invoke |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: attract |
| (verb) take a court case to a higher court for review | - |
| (verb) challenge (a decision) | - |
| appealable | (adjective) capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal | - |
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| appealing | (adjective) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention | - |
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| (adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | Synonyms: likable, likeable, sympathetic |
| appealingly | (adverb) in an appealing manner | - |
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| appealingness | (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, charm |
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| appear | (verb) come into sight or view | - |
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| (verb) be issued or published | Synonyms: come out |
| (verb) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | Synonyms: come along |
| (verb) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | - |
| (verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: look, seem |
| (verb) (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | Synonyms: seem |
| (verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority | - |
| appearance | (noun) the act of appearing in public view | - |
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| (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearing, coming into court |
| (noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: show |
| (noun) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing | Synonyms: visual aspect |
| (noun) a mental representation | - |
| (noun) the event of coming into sight | - |
| appearing | (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearance, coming into court |
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| appeasable | (adjective) capable of being pacified | Synonyms: conciliable |
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| appease | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: propitiate |
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| (verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: quell, stay |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| appeasement | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: calming |
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| appeaser | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands | - |
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| appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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| appellant | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellate |
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| (noun) the party who appeals a decision of a lower court | Synonyms: plaintiff in error |
| appellate | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellant |
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| appellation | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellative, denomination, designation |
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| (noun) a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown | - |
| appellative | (adjective) pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun | - |
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| (adjective) inclined to or serving for the giving of names | Synonyms: naming |
| (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, denomination, designation |
| append | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, supply |
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| (verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: hang on, tack, tack on, tag on |
| (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, supplement |
| appendage | (noun) a part that is joined to something larger | - |
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| (noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: extremity, member |
| (noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: outgrowth, process |
| appendaged | (adjective) having an appendage | - |
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| appendant | (adjective) affixed as an appendage | - |
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| appendectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendicectomy |
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| appendicectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the vermiform appendix | Synonyms: appendectomy |
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| appendicitis | (noun) inflammation of the vermiform appendix | - |
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| appendicle | (noun) a small appendage | - |
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| appendicular | (adjective) relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs | - |
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| appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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| appendix | (noun) a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | Synonyms: cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process |
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| (noun) supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book | - |
| apperceive | (verb) perceive in terms of a past experience | - |
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| apperception | (noun) the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience | - |
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| apperceptive | (adjective) able to relate new percepts to past experience | - |
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| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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| appetence | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetency, appetite |
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| appetency | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetite |
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| appetent | (adjective) marked by eager desire | - |
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| appetiser | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetizer, starter |
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| appetising | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetizing |
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| appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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| appetite | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetency |
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| appetitive | (adjective) of or relating to appetite | - |
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| appetizer | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, starter |
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| appetizing | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetising |
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| appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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| applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
| applaudable | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: commendable, laudable, praiseworthy |
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| applauder | (noun) someone who applauds | Synonyms: clapper |
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| applause | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: clapping, hand clapping |
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| apple | (noun) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | - |
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| (noun) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits | Synonyms: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree |
| applecart | (noun) a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | - |
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| (noun) the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' | - |
| applejack | (noun) distilled from hard cider | - |
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| applemint | (noun) mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens |
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| applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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| (noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced | Synonyms: apple sauce |
| applet | (noun) a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface | - |
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| applewood | (noun) wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus | - |
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| appliance | (noun) durable goods for home or office use | - |
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| (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
| applicability | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: pertinence, pertinency |
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| applicable | (adjective) capable of being applied; having relevance | - |
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| applicant | (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applier |
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| application | (noun) the action of putting something into operation | - |
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| (noun) a diligent effort | Synonyms: diligence |
| (noun) the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose | Synonyms: practical application |
| (noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: coating, covering |
| (noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: lotion |
| (noun) a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school | - |
| (noun) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | Synonyms: application program, applications programme |
| applicative | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicatory |
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| applicator | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applier |
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| applicatory | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicative |
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| applied | (adjective) concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles | - |
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| applier | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applicator |
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| (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applicant |
| applique | (noun) a decorative design made of one material sewn over another | - |
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| (verb) sew on as a decoration | - |
| apply | (verb) ask (for something) | - |
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| (verb) refer (a word or name) to a person or thing | - |
| (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: employ, use, utilise, utilize |
| (verb) coat, cover or smear a surface with | Synonyms: put on |
| (verb) give or convey physically | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: practice, use |
| (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: enforce, implement |
| (verb) apply oneself to | - |
| (verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable | Synonyms: go for, hold |
| (verb) be applicable to; as to an analysis | Synonyms: lend oneself |
| appoggiatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: acciaccatura, grace note |
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| appoint | (verb) furnish | - |
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| (verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: charge |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: constitute, name, nominate |
| appointed | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointive |
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| (adjective) selected for a job | - |
| (adjective) provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) | - |
| (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed |
| appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
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| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
| appointive | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointed |
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| (adjective) relating to the act of appointing | - |
| appointment | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming |
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| (noun) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | - |
| (noun) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment | - |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: fitting |
| (noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: date, engagement |
| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointee |
| apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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| (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
| apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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| apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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| apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| apposable | (adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something | Synonyms: opposable |
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| appose | (verb) place side by side or in close proximity | - |
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| apposite | (adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | Synonyms: apt, pertinent |
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| appositeness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: aptness |
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| apposition | (noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | Synonyms: collocation, juxtaposition |
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| (noun) (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | - |
| (noun) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows | - |
| appositional | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositive |
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| appositive | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositional |
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