1. Definition: 1. be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"

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1. Definition: 1. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

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1. Definition: 1. information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

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1. Definition: 1. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

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1. Definition: 1. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

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1. Definition: 1. (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

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1. Definition: 1. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

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1. Definition: 1. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

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1. Definition: 1. an informal right to something;

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1. Definition: 1. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"

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1. Definition: 1. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

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1. Definition: 1. a formal or authoritative proclamation

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1. Definition: 1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

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1. Definition: 1. the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands

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1. Definition: 1. an authoritative command or request

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1. Definition: 1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;

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1. Definition: 1. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

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1. Definition: 1. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"

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1. Definition: 1. an act of being a tenant or occupant

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1. Definition: 1. a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

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1. Definition: 1. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

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1. Definition: 1. stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information"

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1. Definition: 1. the office of a regent

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1. Definition: 1. any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"

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1. Definition: 1. the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness"

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1. Definition: 1. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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1. Definition: 1. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

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1. Definition: 1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"

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1. Definition: 1. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

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1. Definition: 1. an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"

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1. Definition: 1. country or territory ruled by a sultan

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1. Definition: 1. man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

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1. Definition: 1. put a law into effect by formal declaration

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1. Definition: 1. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

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1. Definition: 1. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

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1. Definition: 1. a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

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1. Definition: 1. a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

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1. Definition: 1. a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty

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