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THEIR |
His, her, ... |
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RETIREE |
One who has finished his or her working life |
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DEBUTANTE |
A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before
the public. |
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TO |
Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has
a husband to her mind. |
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CUCKOLD |
To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his
wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. |
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COUVADE |
A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a
woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. |
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PROBATION |
The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to
probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule. |
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DISPARAGEMENT |
Matching any one in marriage under his or her
degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a
lowering in rank or estimation. |
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MARRY |
To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife,
or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4. |
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DOWER |
That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow
enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death
of her husband. |
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PREPOTENCY |
The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as
compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of
characteristics to their offspring. |
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RAVISHMENT |
The act of carrying away by force or against consent;
abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward
from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. |
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CURTESY |
The life estate which a husband has in the lands of his
deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had
issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. |
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ADULTERY |
...riage
bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or
voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than ... |
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CHARACTER |
...conduct
with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable
character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character
... |
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TRUE |
...a wife true to her husband; an officer
true to his charge. ... |
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AFFINITY |
Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his
wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood
relations); -- in cont... |
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CONDONATION |
Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband
of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty,
as adultery, with a... |
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DOWAGER |
...her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his
decease. ... |
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SETTLEMENT |
...
formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary. ... |
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ESTOVERS |
...out
of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for
life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate,
... |
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OWN |
... to;
peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my,
our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or
inten... |
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HATCHMENT |
...d
person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his
dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is
us... |
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PROTEST |
...re a
notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port
after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any... |
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BARRATRY |
...wn
illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of
master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or
ca... |