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  • 1give a loose to — phrasal or give loose to : to give freedom, full vent, or free rein to gave his usual loose to gaiety and mirth Henry Fielding * * * give a loose to To give rein or free vent to • • • Main Entry: ↑loose …

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  • 2loose — loosely, adv. looseness, n. /loohs/, adj., looser, loosest, adv., v. loosed, loosing. adj. 1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. 2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in… …

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  • 3indulge — I. v. a. 1. Gratify, satisfy, yield to, give free scope to, give a loose rein to, give way to, give one s self up to. 2. Humor excessively or to excess, yield to the wishes of, pamper, humor, favor, cocker, allow to follow one s appetites or… …

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  • 4dream — I. n. 1. Sleeping vision. 2. Revery, fancy, fantasy, conceit, illusion, delusion, vagary, idle fancy, day dream, castle in the air, château en Espagne. II. v. n. 1. Have visions in sleep. 2. Think, imagine, fancy, have a notion. 3. Give a loose… …

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  • 5On Horsemanship (Xenophon) — On Horsemanship (Ἱππαρχικὸς ἢ περὶ ἱππικῆς) written c. 350 BC by Xenophon is one of the earliest extant treatises on horsemanship in the Western world (the oldest is the one written by Kikkuli of the Indo Aryan Mitanni Kingdom). In it, Xenophon… …

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  • 6On Horsemanship — is the English title usually given to Περὶ ἱππικῆς, peri hippikēs, one of the two treatises on horsemanship by the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon (c. 430 – 354 BC). Other common titles for this work are De equis alendis and The Art of… …

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  • 7Laxity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of authority. < N PARAG:Laxity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 laxity laxity Sgm: N 1 laxness laxness looseness slackness Sgm: N 1 toleration toleration &c.(lenity) 740 Sgm: N 1 freedom freedom …

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  • 8horsemanship — /hawrs meuhn ship /, n. 1. the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman. 2. equitation. [1555 65; HORSEMAN + SHIP] * * * Art of training, riding, and handling horses. Good horsemanship requires that a rider control the animal s direction,… …

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  • 9Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …

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  • 10neglect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Disregard Nouns 1. neglect, negligence, carelessness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, dereliction, delinquency; omission, oversight, laches, default; benign neglect; rashness; procrastination. See… …

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