1. Definition: 1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

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1. Definition: 1. (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

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1. Definition: 1. keep in check; "rule one's temper"

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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 strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground

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1. Definition: 1. an interjection expressing agreement

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1. Definition: 1. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

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1. Definition: 1. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

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1. Definition: 1. declare as sacred and forbidden

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1. Definition: 1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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1. Definition: 1. severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

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1. Definition: 1. a formal written statement of relinquishment

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1. Definition: 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

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1. Definition: 1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

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1. Definition: 1. a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"

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1. Definition: 1. discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"

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1. Definition: 1. the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

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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. the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion

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1. Definition: 1. a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

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1. Definition: 1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures"

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