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Farfetch
(gcide) | Farfetch \Far"fetch`\, v. t. [Far + fetch.]
To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.]
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To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word.
--Fuller.
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Farfetch
(gcide) | Farfetch \Far"fetch`\, n.
Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious
care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] "Politic farfetches."
--Hudibras.
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farfetched
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Farfetched
(gcide) | Farfetched \Far"fetched`\, a.
1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
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Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and
heterogeneous ingredients. --Hawthorne.
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2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or
introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or
improbable.
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farfetched
(wn) | farfetched
adj 1: highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse";
"an implausible explanation" [syn: farfetched,
implausible] |
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