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ADVERSITIES |
Misfortunes |
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ILLS |
Misfortunes |
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HILLS |
Rises high at first above misfortunes |
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ALLOY |
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to
alloy pleasure with misfortunes. |
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COMPASSION |
Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of
sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity;
commiseration. |
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SUPPORT |
To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed
in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or
misfortunes. |
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PORTEND |
To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future;
to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious
signs. |
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OWING |
Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue,
etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices;
his failure was owing to speculations. |
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EQUANIMITY |
Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind
which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure;
as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity. |
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BROOD |
... a
subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy,
serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over
mi... |
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ANADIPLOSIS |
...rd in
a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct
idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes --
mi... |
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UNDER |
...ls of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes;
to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the
pains and pen... |