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(noun) drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation |
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Related Words: drawing, drawing off |
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(noun) drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body |
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Related Words: drawing, drawing off |
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(noun) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions |
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Related Words: illation, inference |
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(noun) the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation" |
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Related Words: beginning, origin, root, source |
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(noun) (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do' |
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Related Words: linguistic process |
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(noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase |
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Synonyms: deriving, etymologizing |
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Related Words: account, explanation |
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(noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
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Synonyms: ancestry, filiation, lineage |
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Related Words: bloodline, breed, descent, extraction, inheritance, origin, pedigree, strain |
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