slight knowledge

  • 1slight —   Lihi, iki.    ♦ Slight knowledge, ike nāwele, ike mālani.    ♦ To slight, ho okē ē.    ♦ Slight touch of sickness, loa a mahu i i ka ma i …

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  • 2knowledge — n. 1) to acquire, accumulate, gain knowledge 2) to demonstrate, display, show; flaunt, parade one s knowledge (of a subject) 3) to communicate, disseminate; impart knowledge 4) to absorb, assimilate, soak up knowledge 5) (esp. BE) to bring smt.… …

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  • 3carnal knowledge — car·nal knowledge / kär nəl / n: an act of esp. illegal sexual intercourse whoever has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will District of Columbia Code Annotated; also: the crime of committing such an act was charged with… …

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  • 4Carnal knowledge — is an archaic or legal euphemism for sexual intercourse. Though the term is still in use in some older statutes, the terms more likely to be used now are sexual intercourse or sexual penetration .EtymologyThe word carnal derives from latin… …

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  • 5Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …

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  • 6smat|ter — «SMAT uhr», noun, verb. –n. slight knowledge; smattering. –v.t. 1. to speak (a language) with only slight knowledge of it: »She could read, and write, and dance, and sing…and smatter French (Tobias Smollett). 2. to study or learn superficially.… …

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  • 7False Decretals — • A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection Catholic… …

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  • 8hint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. intimation, suggestion, allusion, reference, implication; tip, trace, reminder, insinuation. v. i. suggest, allude, imply, intimate. See information, memory, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An… …

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  • 9Corset controversy — The corset controversy is an ensemble of letters and articles concerning the corset that appeared in newspapers and periodicals in the 19th century. Contents 1 Introduction …

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  • 10acquaintance — ac|quaint|ance [əˈkweıntəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody you know)¦ 2¦(relationship)¦ 3 make somebody s acquaintance 4¦(knowledge)¦ 5 of your acquaintance 6 on first acquaintance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(SOMEBODY YOU KNOW)¦ someone you know, but who is not a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English