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per- prefix 1. through pervade 2. throughout perennial 3. away, beyond perfidy 4. completely, throughly perplex 5. (intensifier) perfervid 6. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) indicating that a chemical compound contains a high proportion of a specified element peroxide perchloride 7. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) indicating that a chemical element is in a higher than usual state of oxidation permanganate perchlorate 8. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (not in technical usage) a variant of peroxy- persulphuric acid [from Latin per through] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That they did not bury any of their dead, and the reckless slaughter they per- petrated, point also to an entire ignorance of the putrefactive process. He said to himself that he would not speak a word, even when his aunt came in, but would sit per- fectly still till she asked who did the mischief; and then he would tell, and there would be nothing so good in the world as to see that pet model "catch it. Believe me or not, his intelligence was per- fectly clear--concentrated, it is true, upon himself with horrible intensity, yet clear; and therein was my only chance--barring, of course, the killing him there and then, which wasn't so good, on account of unavoidable noise. |
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