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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms vicissitudes plural noun variations, changes, shifts, changes of fortune, life's ups and downs (informal) stiffening himself to withstand life's vicissitudes Translations vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl (frm) → vicissitudini fpl vicissitudes [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːdz] npl (frm) → vicissitudini fpl 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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| As for the weapons, it hardly falleth under rule and observation: yet we see even they, have returns and vicissitudes. If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune. The experience of many individuals among us, who think it hardly worth the telling, would equal the vicissitudes of the Spaniard's earlier life; while their ultimate success, or the point whither they tend, may be incomparably higher than any that a novelist would imagine for his hero. |
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