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determine
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v 1: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment,
survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The
physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel
Prize" [syn: determine, find, find out, ascertain]
2: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often
determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine,
shape, mold, influence, regulate]
3: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn:
determine, set]
4: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine,
define, fix, limit]
5: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We
finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn: decide,
make up one's mind, determine]
6: fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the
border of the property"
7: settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the
argument" [syn: settle, square off, square up,
determine]
8: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by
making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she
speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he
speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
[syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain,
watch, learn]
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ermine
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n 1: the expensive white fur of the ermine
2: mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
[syn: ermine, shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea]
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predetermine
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v 1: determine beforehand
2: cause to be biased [syn: bias, predetermine]
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sermon
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n 1: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during
a church service) [syn: sermon, discourse, preaching]
2: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him" [syn:
sermon, preaching]
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german
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its
people or language; "German philosophers"; "German
universities"; "German literature"
n 1: a person of German nationality
2: the standard German language; developed historically from
West Germanic [syn: German, High German, German
language]
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weizmann
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n 1: Israeli statesman who persuaded the United States to
recognize the new state of Israel and became its first
president (1874-1952) [syn: Weizmann, Chaim Weizmann,
Chaim Azriel Weizmann]
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telamon
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n 1: a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn:
atlas, telamon]
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herman
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n 1: United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
[syn: Herman, Woody Herman, Woodrow Charles Herman]
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hermann
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n 1: German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD
9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19) [syn: Arminius, Armin,
Hermann]
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sherman
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n 1: United States general who was commander of all Union troops
in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive
march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two
(1820-1891) [syn: Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman]
2: American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration
of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the
United States Constitution (1721-1793) [syn: Sherman,
Roger Sherman]
3: a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036
feet high) [syn: Sherman, Mount Sherman]
4: a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border
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kerman
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checkerman
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overman
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silverman
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bridgeman
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berman
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birman
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burman
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dearmon
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erman
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ferman
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firman
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germann
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gherman
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hermon
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jerman
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kurman
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perman
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mcdearmon
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mcdurman
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