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laurels
Laurels [plural] : honor or fame given for some achievement laurels [plural] : honor or fame given for some achievement.
They enjoyed the laurels of their military victory.
The player earned his laurels from years of hard work.
Look to your laurels chiefly British.
To work in order to keep your success or position.
If she performs this well in the championships, her rivals will have to look to their laurels.
Rest/sit on your laurels.
To be satisfied with past success and do nothing to achieve further success.
Although she won the championship, she isn't resting on her laurels. She is training hard to become even better next year.
They enjoyed the laurels of their military victory.
The player earned his laurels from years of hard work.
Look to your laurels chiefly British.
To work in order to keep your success or position.
If she performs this well in the championships, her rivals will have to look to their laurels.
Rest/sit on your laurels.
To be satisfied with past success and do nothing to achieve further success.
Although she won the championship, she isn't resting on her laurels. She is training hard to become even better next year.
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assail
1. To attack vigorously or violently; assault.
2. To attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one's opponent with slander.
3. To undertake with the purpose of mastering:
He assailed his studies with new determination.
4. To impinge upon; make an impact on; beset:
His mind was assailed by conflicting arguments. The light assailed their eyes.
2. To attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one's opponent with slander.
3. To undertake with the purpose of mastering:
He assailed his studies with new determination.
4. To impinge upon; make an impact on; beset:
His mind was assailed by conflicting arguments. The light assailed their eyes.
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toll
1. A payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
2. The extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity:
The toll was 300 persons dead or missing.
3. A tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities.
4. A payment made for a long-distance telephone call.
5.(formerly, in England) the right to take such payment.
6. A compensation for services, as for transportation or transmission.
7. Grain retained by a miller in payment for grinding.
2. The extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity:
The toll was 300 persons dead or missing.
3. A tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities.
4. A payment made for a long-distance telephone call.
5.(formerly, in England) the right to take such payment.
6. A compensation for services, as for transportation or transmission.
7. Grain retained by a miller in payment for grinding.
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weaved
To form or construct something, as fabric, by interlacing threads, yarns, strips, etc.
To compose a connected whole by combining various elements or details.
To be or become formed or composed from the interlacing of materials or the combining of various elements:
The yarn wove into a beautiful fabric.
To move or proceed in a winding course or from side to side:
Dancers weaving in time to the music.
To compose a connected whole by combining various elements or details.
To be or become formed or composed from the interlacing of materials or the combining of various elements:
The yarn wove into a beautiful fabric.
To move or proceed in a winding course or from side to side:
Dancers weaving in time to the music.
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Ivory
1 Kings 10:18 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
1 Kings 29:39 As for the other events of Ahab’s reign, including all he did, the palace he built and adorned with ivory, and the cities he fortified, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
Revelation 18:12 Cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
Amos 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
1 Kings 29:39 As for the other events of Ahab’s reign, including all he did, the palace he built and adorned with ivory, and the cities he fortified, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
Revelation 18:12 Cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
Amos 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
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old man
Paul in the Bible explains that our water baptism is a symbol of the death and burial of our “old man”—meaning the life we led apart from God. We are further instructed to “put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him” (Colossians 3:10). The new man is our changed Christian lifestyle after baptism, for “as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Galatians 3:27).
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Descending
1. To go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down:
To descend from the mountaintop.
2. To pass from higher to lower in any scale or series.
3. To go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion.
4. To slope, tend, or lead downward:
The path descends to the pond.
5. To be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family:
The title descends through eldest sons.
6. To have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed by from):
He is descended from Cromwell.
7. To be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission:
This festival descends from a druidic rite.
To descend from the mountaintop.
2. To pass from higher to lower in any scale or series.
3. To go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion.
4. To slope, tend, or lead downward:
The path descends to the pond.
5. To be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family:
The title descends through eldest sons.
6. To have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed by from):
He is descended from Cromwell.
7. To be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission:
This festival descends from a druidic rite.
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aberration
1. The act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
2. The act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type.
3. Deviation from truth or moral rectitude.
4. Mental irregularity or disorder, especially of a minor or temporary nature; lapse from a sound mental state.
5. Astronomy. Apparent displacement of a heavenly body, owing to the motion of the earth in its orbit.
6. Optics. Any disturbance of the rays of a pencil of light such that they can no longer be brought to a sharp focus or form a clear image.
7. Photography. A defect in a camera lens or lens system, due to flaws in design, material, or construction, that can distort the image.
2. The act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type.
3. Deviation from truth or moral rectitude.
4. Mental irregularity or disorder, especially of a minor or temporary nature; lapse from a sound mental state.
5. Astronomy. Apparent displacement of a heavenly body, owing to the motion of the earth in its orbit.
6. Optics. Any disturbance of the rays of a pencil of light such that they can no longer be brought to a sharp focus or form a clear image.
7. Photography. A defect in a camera lens or lens system, due to flaws in design, material, or construction, that can distort the image.
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providence
1. The foreseeing care and guidance of God or nature over the creatures of the earth.
2. God, especially when conceived as omnisciently directing the universe and the affairs of humankind with wise benevolence.
3. A manifestation of divine care or direction.
4. Provident or prudent management of resources; prudence.
5. Foresight; provident care.
2. God, especially when conceived as omnisciently directing the universe and the affairs of humankind with wise benevolence.
3. A manifestation of divine care or direction.
4. Provident or prudent management of resources; prudence.
5. Foresight; provident care.