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barbarize |
to become primitive or lapse into crudity, brutality, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
down1 |
a reverse; lapse. [1/21 definitions] |
elapse |
the passage or ending of a period of time; lapse. [1/2 definitions] |
lapsus |
(Latin) an error, slip, or lapse. |
oversight |
a lapse in attention to what one is doing. [1/3 definitions] |
synodical |
of or pertaining to the conjunction of two heavenly bodies, esp. the time lapse between two consecutive conjunctions of the same bodies. [1/2 definitions] |
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