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Word For The Day, Monday, September 15, 2003
The Verbivores
| 9/15/03
| Teacher
Posted on 09/15/2003 5:21:37 AM PDT by RikaStrom
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....
adumbrate \AD-uhm-brayt\, verb:
adumbrating, adumbrates, adumbrated; transitive verb
adumbration noun
adumbratively; adverb
adumbrative; adjective
1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline.
2. To foreshadow; to intimate.
3. To overshadow; to shade.
4. To disclose partially or guardedly.
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated.
--L. Taylor.
Etymology: [Latin adumbr re, adumbr t-, to represent in outline : ad-, ad- + umbra, shadow.]
TOPICS: Education; Humor; Poetry; Word For The Day
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To: xsmommy
No matter the context, Unbelievable seems to be your favorite adjective for me............
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posted on
09/15/2003 7:31:25 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: hobbes1
122
posted on
09/15/2003 7:34:03 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Oh, yes I remember that well....
What was it you said ?????
"If you want that ass to move, you've gotta slap it!" ; )
The Rev. Al got nuthin on you....
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posted on
09/15/2003 7:37:33 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: xsmommy
Very apropos!!!!!!
124
posted on
09/15/2003 7:38:12 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: hobbes1; xsmommy
The Rev. Al got nuthin on you.... LOL. xsalsharptonmommy.
125
posted on
09/15/2003 7:51:31 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(This tagline is 100% Ben & JayLo free.)
To: dubyaismypresident
: P
126
posted on
09/15/2003 7:56:07 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: dubyaismypresident
LMAO~!
127
posted on
09/15/2003 7:56:50 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: xsmommy; hobbes1
my signature leave panties on the plate move, i shared that with the world. ; ) And all this time the tiger has been bragging that was an exclusive move you did only for him.
To: dubyaismypresident
Yes but she has a real hairstyle, not a Darth Vader helmet.
129
posted on
09/15/2003 7:59:30 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it. - Mark Twain)
To: VRWCmember; xsmommy
I believed her when she told me : (
130
posted on
09/15/2003 7:59:37 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: RikaStrom; Flurry; yall
131
posted on
09/15/2003 8:01:35 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
To: VRWCmember; hobbes1
how did i know, when i read that thread, that this would be mentioned in the context of the long ago lunchdate that the tiger and i had? prescient i am.... : )
132
posted on
09/15/2003 8:01:55 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
well, darling, you were the first..... ; )
133
posted on
09/15/2003 8:02:36 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
is that any consolation?
134
posted on
09/15/2003 8:03:02 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Flurry
She likes to give me bad grades, I seldom get an A. Awe........
To: xsmommy
Some.....
136
posted on
09/15/2003 8:04:14 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: hobbes1
i'm so glad! : )
137
posted on
09/15/2003 8:04:42 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Texan5; xsmommy; dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; Argh
I'm confused by that article about the panties on the plate....... My Marine told me that panties can't be worn when you are on a date........ would he have lied to me?
To: xsmommy
how did i know, when i read that thread, that this would be mentioned in the context of the long ago lunchdate that the tiger and i had? prescient i am.... : ) Or maybe you just have some vivid memories of the event.
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
sniff sniff
140
posted on
09/15/2003 8:07:14 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Who are you and why am I here?)
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