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biting
(encz) | biting,kousající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
biting
(encz) | biting,kousavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
biting
(encz) | biting,pronikavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Biting
(gcide) | Bite \Bite\ (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Bit (b[i^]t); p. p.
Bitten (b[i^]t"t'n), Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] [OE.
biten, AS. b[imac]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[imac]tan,
OHG. b[imac]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[imac]ta,
Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to cleave, Skr. bhid to
cleave. [root]87. Cf. Fissure.]
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1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
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Such smiling rogues as these,
Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --Shak.
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2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
insects) used in taking food.
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3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
mouth. "Frosts do bite the meads." --Shak.
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4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope.
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5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
anchor bites the ground.
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The last screw of the rack having been turned so
often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
and turned with nothing to bite. --Dickens.
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To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the
agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic
plates by means of an acid.
To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of
contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you
bite your thumb at us?" --Shak.
To bite the tongue, to keep silence. --Shak.
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Biting
(gcide) | Biting \Bit"ing\, a.
That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. "A biting
affliction." "A biting jest." --Shak.
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biting
(wn) | biting
adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting,
nipping, pungent, mordacious]
2: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used
especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn:
biting, bitter] |
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bitingly
(encz) | bitingly,kousavě adv: Zdeněk Brožbitingly,řezavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
exhibiting
(encz) | exhibiting,vystavující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inhibiting
(encz) | inhibiting,inhibiční adj: Zdeněk Brožinhibiting,potlačující adj: Zdeněk Brožinhibiting,zabraňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nail-biting
(encz) | nail-biting, adj: |
orbiting
(encz) | orbiting,obíhající adj: Zdeněk Brožorbiting,obíhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
prohibiting
(encz) | prohibiting,zamezování n: Zdeněk Brožprohibiting,zamezující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rabbiting
(encz) | rabbiting,dlouhé tlachání n: Zdeněk Brožrabbiting,žvanění n: Zdeněk Brož |
babbiting
(gcide) | babbiting \babbiting\, babbitting \babbitting\n.
lining a surface or bearing with babbitt metal.
Syn: babbitting
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Backbiting
(gcide) | Backbiting \Back"bit`ing\, n.
Secret slander; detraction.
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Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. --Piers
Plowman.
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Biting
(gcide) | Bite \Bite\ (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Bit (b[i^]t); p. p.
Bitten (b[i^]t"t'n), Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] [OE.
biten, AS. b[imac]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[imac]tan,
OHG. b[imac]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[imac]ta,
Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to cleave, Skr. bhid to
cleave. [root]87. Cf. Fissure.]
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1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
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Such smiling rogues as these,
Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --Shak.
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2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
insects) used in taking food.
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3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
mouth. "Frosts do bite the meads." --Shak.
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4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope.
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5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
anchor bites the ground.
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The last screw of the rack having been turned so
often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
and turned with nothing to bite. --Dickens.
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To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the
agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic
plates by means of an acid.
To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of
contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you
bite your thumb at us?" --Shak.
To bite the tongue, to keep silence. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Biting \Bit"ing\, a.
That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. "A biting
affliction." "A biting jest." --Shak.
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biting house fly
(gcide) | Stable \Sta"ble\, n. [OF. estable, F. ['e]table, from L.
stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i.]
A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in;
esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a
horse stable; a cow stable. --Milton.
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Stable fly (Zool.), a common dipterous fly ({Stomoxys
calcitrans}) which is abundant about stables and often
enters dwellings, especially in autumn; called also
biting house fly. These flies, unlike the common house
flies, which they resemble, bite severely, and are
troublesome to horses and cattle. They differ from the
larger horse fly.
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Biting in
(gcide) | Biting in \Bit"ing in"\ (Etching.)
The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by
means of an acid. See Etch. --G. Francis.
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biting midge
(gcide) | no-see-um \no-see-um\ n. (Zool.)
Any of several minute two-winged biting insects of the family
Ceratopogonidae that suck the blood of mammals and birds
and other insects; also called biting midge and punkie.
Syn: punkie, punky, punkey, biting midge.
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Bitingly
(gcide) | Bitingly \Bit"ing*ly\, adv.
In a biting manner.
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circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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Cohabiting
(gcide) | Cohabit \Co*hab"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohabited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cohabiting.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to
dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to
have. See Habit, n. & v.]
1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or
country.
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The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . .
. : they were not able to cohabit with that holy
thing. --South.
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2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
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The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit
together, even after a voluntary separation has
taken place between them. --Bouvier.
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Note: By the common law as existing in the United States,
marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit
permanently together, being reputed by those who know
them to be husband and wife, and admitting the
relationship. --Wharton.
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Cohibiting
(gcide) | Cohibit \Co*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cohibiting.] [L. cohibitus, p. p. of cohibere to
confine; co- + habere to hold.]
To restrain. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Crib-biting
(gcide) | Crib-biting \Crib"-bit`ing\ (kr?b"b?t`?ng), n.
Same as Cribbing, 4.
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Debiting
(gcide) | Debit \Deb"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Debiting.]
1. To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative
to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.
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2. (Bookkeeping) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an
account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.
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Exhibiting
(gcide) | Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to
hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or
hold. See Habit.]
1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for
inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice
to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit
commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
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Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of
mind and body. --Pope.
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2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
course of proceedings; also, to present or offer
officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
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He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge
of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon.
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3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
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To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to
tender it as a bounty to candidates.
To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in
public. [Obs.]
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Habiting
(gcide) | Habit \Hab"it\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habited; p.
pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter,
fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr.
habere to have. See Habit, n.]
1. To inhabit. [Obs.]
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In thilke places as they [birds] habiten. --Rom. of
R.
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2. To dress; to clothe; to array.
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They habited themselves like those rural deities.
--Dryden.
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3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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Inhabiting
(gcide) | Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inhabiting.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L.
inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit.]
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled
residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit
cities and houses.
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The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is.
lvii. 15.
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O, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone? --Moore.
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Inhibiting
(gcide) | Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref.
in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]
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1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
the objects without them. --Bentley.
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2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
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All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
--Ayliffe.
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3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or
biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as,
vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit
bacterial cell wall synthesis.
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4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving
conscious or unconscious motivations.
[PJC]inhibiting \inhibiting\ adj.
discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment;
as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.
Syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing.
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inhibiting
(gcide) | Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref.
in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]
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1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
the objects without them. --Bentley.
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2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
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All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
--Ayliffe.
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3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or
biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as,
vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit
bacterial cell wall synthesis.
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4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving
conscious or unconscious motivations.
[PJC]inhibiting \inhibiting\ adj.
discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment;
as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.
Syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing.
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Prohibiting
(gcide) | Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
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1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.
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Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.
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2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
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Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton.
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Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious.
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Rabbiting
(gcide) | Rabbiting \Rab"bit*ing\, n.
The hunting of rabbits. --T. Hughes.
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Rebiting
(gcide) | Rebiting \Re*bit"ing\ (r[=e]*b[imac]t"[i^]ng), n. (Etching)
The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate
by submitting it again to the action of acid. --Fairholt.
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biting louse
(wn) | biting louse
n 1: wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly
parasitic on birds [syn: bird louse, biting louse,
louse] |
biting midge
(wn) | biting midge
n 1: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals
and birds and other insects [syn: punkie, punky,
punkey, no-see-um, biting midge] |
bitingly
(wn) | bitingly
adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter
cold" [syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly,
bitter] |
nail-biting
(wn) | nail-biting
adj 1: (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
[syn: cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive,
nail-biting] |
rock-inhabiting
(wn) | rock-inhabiting
adj 1: of ferns and lichens that grow on rocks |
bagbiting
(jargon) | bagbiting
adj.
[MIT; now rare] Having the quality of a bagbiter. “This bagbiting system
won't let me compute the factorial of a negative number.” Compare losing,
cretinous, bletcherous, barfucious (under barfulous) and chomping
(under chomp).
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CRIB-BITING
(bouvier) | CRIB-BITING. A defect in horses, which consists in biting the crib while in
the stable. This is not, considered as a breach of general warranty of
soundness. Holt's Cas. 630.
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