Ra·cine

(rə-sēn′, rā-)

A city of southeast Wisconsin on Lake Michigan south of Milwaukee. It grew as a port and manufacturing center.

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Racine

(French rasin)

(Biography) Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist). 1639–99, French tragic poet and dramatist. His plays include Andromaque (1667), Bérénice (1670), and Phèdre (1677)

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Ra•cine

(rəˈsin, ræ- for 1; rəˈsin, reɪ- for 2 )

n.

1. Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃) 1639–99, French playwright.

2. a city in SE Wisconsin. 82,510.

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Noun	1.	Racine - French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) Jean Baptiste Racine, Jean Racine
	2.	Racine - a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee Badger State, WI, Wisconsin - a midwestern state in north central United States

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Their winter quarters are upon the Racine Amere, where they subsist upon roots and dried buffalo meat.

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Lemon's, read little French literature later than Racine, and public prints had not cast their present magnificent illumination over the scandals of life.

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On they came, a motley array, "some in rags, some on nags, and some in velvet gowns." One of them claimed to have done wonders with an iron hoop and a file in 1867; a second had a marvellous table with glass legs; a third swore that he had made a telephone in 1860, but did not know what it was until he saw Bell's patent; and a fourth told a vivid story of having heard a bullfrog croak via a telegraph wire which was strung into a certain cellar in Racine, in 1851.

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For instance, one may look upon Racine as a broken-down, hobbledehoy, perfumed individual--one may even be unable to read him; and I too may think him the same, as well as, in some respects, a subject for ridicule.

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'Romeo and Juliet, 'Hamlet,' and indeed most of his plays, contain unnecessary scenes, interesting to the Elizabethans, which Sophocles as well as Racine would have pruned away.

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First it was the young Vicomte de Cormontreuil, who has his bell tower three leagues distant from Reims; then Messire Henri de Triancourt, equerry to the King; then less than that, Chiart de Beaulion, sergeant-at-arms; then, still descending, Guery Aubergeon, carver to the King; then, Mace de FrÃ©pus, barber to monsieur the dauphin; then, ThÃ©venin le Moine, King's cook; then, the men growing continually younger and less noble, she fell to Guillaume Racine, minstrel of the hurdy gurdy and to Thierry de Mer, lamplighter.

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If you feel like visiting Racine County, Wisconsin, this fall, you are in some serious luck.

Lantern Festival coming to Racine Zoo

Carol Silva, the Emmy Award-winning Morning and Midday Edition anchor at News 12 Long Island, presented the award to Mondays at Racine Cancer Care Foundation.

P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) Celebrates Their Awards Gala at the Mansion at Oyster Bay

The Madison-based company Hovde Properties said it was considering a project that would bring 190 apartments and a hotel to a 3.5-acre sitenear Racine's Lake Michigan Harbor.

Hovde announces plans for $40 million apartment complex, hotel in Racine

"I feel like you're - like I know you," Trump said to Racine during remarks at the White House before a gathering of the National Association of Attorneys General.

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"Facebook failed to protect the privacy of its users and deceived them about who had access to their data and how it was used," Racine said in a statement.

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