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a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
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Merchant
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Nautical .
a. a seagoing vessel propelled mainly by oars, used in ancient and medieval times, sometimes with the aid of sails. b. a long rowboat, as one used as a ship's boat by a warship or one used for dragging a seine. c. (formerly, in the U.S. Navy) a shoal-draft vessel, variously rigged, relying mainly on its sails but able to be rowed by sweeps. |
Galley
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to color or stain; treat with a dye; color (cloth, hair, etc.) with a substance containing coloring matter: to dye a dress green.
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Dye
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noun
1. a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem. 2. a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like. |
Tribute
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the letters of a language in their customary order.
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Alphabet
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an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a center of relatively great sonority with or without one or more accompanying sounds of relatively less sonority: “Man,” “eye,” “strength,” and “sixths” are English words of one syllable.
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Syllable
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a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies
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City-state
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following the sea as a trade, business, or calling.
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Seafaring
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a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
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Colony
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(in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs ( opposed to vowel).
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Consonant
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a letter representing or usually representing a vowel, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y
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Vowel
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a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations
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Treaty
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of or pertaining to the Semites or their languages, esp. of or pertaining to the Jews
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Semitic
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a deity whose worship was marked by the propitiatory sacrifice of children by their own parents. II Kings 23:10; Jer. 32:35.
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Molech
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an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
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Astarte
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any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
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Baal
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adjective
1. given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect. 2. given, performed, felt, etc., in return: reciprocal aid |
Reciprocal
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a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility
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Aristocracy
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Also called Tyrian dye . a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes
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Tyrian purple
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the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
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Influence
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to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust.
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Assimilate
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to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure.
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Amend
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a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack.
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Outpost
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an interchange of goods or commodities, esp. on a large scale between different countries (foreign) or between different parts of the same country (domestic); trade; business
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Commerce
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