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Antiphony :: Antiphony (n.) An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.

Merciless :: Merciless (a.) Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves..

Candied :: Candied (a.) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.

Pump :: Pump (v. t.) Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc..

Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on..

School :: School (n.) Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience..

Blend :: Blend (a.) To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive..

Breach :: Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense..

Assuage :: Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire..

Melting :: Melting (a.) Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood..

Sternite :: Sternforemost (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner..

Reply :: Reply (v. i.) Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery..

Work :: Work (n.) Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce..

Scum :: Scum (v. i.) To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

Only :: Only (a.) Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preeminent; chief..

Marry :: Marry (v. t.) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation..

Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..

Dew :: Dew (n.) Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner..

Sandwich :: Sandwich (v. t.) To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard..

Life :: Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..

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