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ageing
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adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent]
n 1: acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for
some time [syn: ripening, aging, ageing]
2: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects
of increasing age [syn: aging, ageing, senescence]
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aging
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adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent]
n 1: acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for
some time [syn: ripening, aging, ageing]
2: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects
of increasing age [syn: aging, ageing, senescence]
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discouraging
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adj 1: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence
often deterring action; "where never is heard a
discouraging word" [ant: encouraging]
2: expressing disapproval
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edging
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n 1: border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish
something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
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engaging
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adj 1: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a
piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: engaging,
piquant]
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lodging
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n 1: structures collectively in which people are housed [syn:
housing, lodging, living accommodations]
2: the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even
temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree" [syn:
lodgment, lodgement, lodging]
3: the act of lodging
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obliging
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adj 1: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others;
"to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose
wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no
hurry for us to leave" [syn: complaisant, obliging]
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paging
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n 1: calling out the name of a person (especially by a
loudspeaker system); "the public address system in the
hospital was used for paging"
2: the system of numbering pages [syn: pagination, folio,
page number, paging]
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raging
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adj 1: characterized by violent and forceful activity or
movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and
heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river
became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging]
2: very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"
3: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds
on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn:
angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild]
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staging
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n 1: the production of a drama on the stage [syn: theatrical
production, staging]
2: a system of scaffolds [syn: scaffolding, staging]
3: travel by stagecoach
4: getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
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unchanging
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adj 1: conforming to the same principles or course of action
over time
2: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn:
static, stable, unchanging]
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ungrudging
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adj 1: without envy or reluctance; "ungrudging admiration"
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urging
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n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad,
goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur,
spurring]
2: the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
3: insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me
no alternative but to agree" [syn: importunity, urgency,
urging]
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beijing
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n 1: capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei
province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
[syn: Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red
China]
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nanjing
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n 1: a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former
capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the
1930s [syn: Nanjing, Nanking]
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cageling
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disengaging
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gauging
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managing
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waging
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gaging
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