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academe [ˈækəˌdiːm] n Literary
1. (Social Science / Education) any place of learning, such as a college or university (Social Science / Education) the grove(s) of Academe the academic world [first used by Shakespeare in Love's Labour's Lost (1594); see academy] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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See there the olive-grove of Academe,
Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird
Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long;
There, flowery hill, Hymettus, with the sound
Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites
To studious musing; there Ilissus rowls
His whispering stream. |
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