Definition of owing

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Owing (P. p. & a.) 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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Rout :: Rout (n.) A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
Diffusible :: Diffusible (a.) Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.
Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..
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Aflame :: Aflame (adv. & a.) Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.
Ichnography :: Ichnography (n.) A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans..
Stanchion :: Stancher (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood..
Wise :: Wise (v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Embolic :: Embolic (a.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
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Paludose :: Paludose (a.) Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
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Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes..
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