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... English language enables texts to have structure and meaning . We might usefully distin- guish two roles which the ... stand for a single sound ( e.g. ' p ' and ' h ' together stand for one sound , written ' f ' ) . The letters of ...
... stand , in which they sell their merchandize . Skene de Verb . Signif . STALLARIUS . L. Lat . [ from Sax . stal , a ... English law . An impres- sion made upon paper or parchment , upon which many legal proceedings and private ...
... meaning preserved in English ' cause list ' , for example ) Originally , the s of both the noun and the verb was ... stand out , so as to be perceptible ' . It comes from Latin existere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ...
... stand fast . See Stand . The base STAL is the same as STAR , appearing in Gk . σTepeós , firm , G. starr , firm , Skt . sthira , firm , fixed , steady , sure ; see Stare . Der . stall - age , from O. F. estallage , ' stallage , ' Cot ...
... meaning of these rules . " Section 4 provides that " no person shall set up ... Eng . Corp. Cas . 101. The same case also decided that under a power to ... stand in the public streets . This , we are of opinion , is too narrow a ...
... stand off , to withdraw : ( 1 ) ab = from , and ( 2 ) sisto to cause to ... meaning : Unbound , unfettered , under no restraint . Hence specially- I ... English , it is considered to be the nominative . In Latin , the words sole ...
... standing ( < histēmi ( √ sta ) , stand ) : a combining form . - stat'o - blast , n . Biol . One of the peculiar internal buds developed in fresh - water sponges and on the funiculus of fresh - water polyzoans ; a winter bud ...
... stand , in which they sell their merchandize . Skene de Verb . Signif . STALLARIUS . L. Lat . [ from Sax . stal , a ... English law . An impres- sion made upon paper or parchment , upon which many legal proceedings and private ...