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  • 21grandness — noun 1. a prominent status a person of importance • Syn: ↑importance • Derivationally related forms: ↑important, ↑important (for: ↑importance) …

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  • 22loftiness — noun 1. the quality of being high or lofty • Syn: ↑highness • Ant: ↑lowness (for: ↑highness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑lofty, ↑high …

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  • 23magnificence — noun 1. splendid or imposing in size or appearance (Freq. 1) the grandness of the architecture impressed by the richness of the flora • Syn: ↑impressiveness, ↑grandness, ↑richness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 24richness — noun 1. the property of being extremely abundant (Freq. 3) the profusion of detail the idiomatic richness of English • Syn: ↑profusion, ↑profuseness, ↑cornucopia • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 25stateliness — noun 1. an elaborate manner of doing something she served coffee with great stateliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑stately • Hypernyms: ↑formality, ↑formalness 2. impressiveness in scale or proportion • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 26Accuse — Ac*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense;… …

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  • 27Accused — Accuse Ac*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or… …

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  • 28Accusing — Accuse Ac*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or… …

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  • 29Climax — Cli max, n. [L., from Gr. ? ladder, staircase, fr. ? to make to bend, to lean. See {Ladder}, {Lean}, v. i.] 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or… …

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  • 30Dignities — Dignity Dig ni*ty, n.; pl. {Dignities}. [OE. dignete, dignite, OF. dignet[ e], dignit[ e], F. dignit[ e], fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. See {Dainty}, {Deign}.] 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true …

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