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  • 71outstretch — outstretcher, n. /owt strech /, v.t. 1. to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one s hand in welcome. 2. to stretch out; expand: The rising population has outstretched the city. 3. to stretch beyond: His behavior outstretches my patience. [1350… …

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  • 72protend — /proh tend /, Archaic. v.t. 1. to stretch forth. 2. to extend in duration. v.i. 3. to stretch forward. [1400 50; late ME protenden < L protendere to stretch out, extend, equiv. to pro PRO 1 + tendere to stretch; see TEND1] * * * …

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  • 73extend — ex•tend [[t]ɪkˈstɛnd[/t]] v. t. 1) to stretch or draw out to full length: extended the measuring tape[/ex] 2) to stretch or draw outward 3) to stretch forth; hold out: to extend one s hand in greeting[/ex] 4) to make longer, as to reach a&#8230; …

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  • 74reĝ-1 —     reĝ 1     English meaning: right, just, to make right; king     Deutsche Übersetzung: “gerade, gerade richten, lenken, recken, strecken, aufrichten” (also unterstũtzend, helfend); direction, line (Spur, Geleise) under likewise&#8230; …

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  • 75Isaiah 54 — 1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. 2 Enlarge the place of&#8230; …

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  • 76Mark 3 — 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered&#8230; …

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  • 77hold — I. /hoʊld / (say hohld) verb (held, held or, Archaic, holden, holding) –verb (t) 1. to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp. 2. to reserve; retain; set aside. 3. to bear, sustai …

  • 78outstretch — /aʊtˈstrɛtʃ / (say owt strech) verb (t) 1. to stretch forth; extend. 2. to stretch beyond (a limit, etc.). 3. to stretch out; expand. 4. Obsolete to strain …

  • 79hold — hold1 holdable, adj. /hohld/, v., held; held or (Archaic) holden; holding; n. v.t. 1. to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child s hand in his. 2. to set aside; reserve or retain: to&#8230; …

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  • 80Kneeling and Genuflection —     Genuflexion     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Genuflexion     To genuflect [Lat. genu flectere, geniculare (post classic), to bend the knee; Gr. gonu klinein or kamptein] expresses:     ♦ an attitude     ♦ a gesture: involving, like prostration,&#8230; …

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