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1. Definition: 1. the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

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1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

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1. Definition: 1. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

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1. Definition: 1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

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1. Definition: 1. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

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1. Definition: 1. an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

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1. Definition: 1. change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

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1. Definition: 1. an interjection expressing agreement

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1. Definition: 1. deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

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1. Definition: 1. maintain a check on; especially by patrolling; "The second officer covered the top floor"

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1. Definition: 1. in heraldry, a sketch of a coat of arms in outline.

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1. Definition: 1. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

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1. Definition: 1. unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan

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1. Definition: 1. exonerate by means of an alibi

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1. Definition: 1. a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"

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1. Definition: 1. a shelter from danger or hardship

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1. Definition: 1. test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

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1. Definition: 1. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"

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1. Definition: 1. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect;

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1. Definition: 1. imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

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1. Definition: 1. the intended meaning of a communication

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1. Definition: 1. cover with varnish

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1. Definition: 1. state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

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1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

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1. Definition: 1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"

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1. Definition: 1. the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

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1. Definition: 1. a false or unsupportable quality

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1. Definition: 1. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

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1. Definition: 1. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

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1. Definition: 1. a strong declaration of protest

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1. Definition: 1. a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; "the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor"

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