noun
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a seizing, grasping; a holding together.
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the act or fact of controlling; control.
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a hand with the fingers closed tightly into the palm, as for hitting; a clenched hand; the fist.
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acceptance; agreement; consent.
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a protecting, tending, taking care of; protection.
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the act of gathering, accumulating; accumulation.
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things so collected; a collection.
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a heap of things.
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an association of people.
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the welfare of the society.
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the act of summerising, epitomising.
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a summary; an epitome; an abbreviated form.
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a series of names, words, numbers, etc. set forth in order; a list.
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a store room or store-house.
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the pouch of skin holding the testicles in male human beings; the scrotum.
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the art of assessing or diagnosing the effect of a snake's venom in the human body.