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Eozoönal (ē�zōŏn�l), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the eozoön; containing eozoöns; as, eozoönal limestone.
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Ep- (ĕp-). [Gr. 'epi.] See .
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Epacris (ĕpȧkrĭs), n. [NL., from Gr. 'epakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
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Epact (ēpăkt), n. [F. épacte, fr. Gr. 'epaktos brought on or in, added, fr. 'epagein to bring on or in; 'epi on, in + 'agein to bring or lead. See , and .] (Chron.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year.
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Coloq. Annual epact , the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, -- being eleven days. -- Coloq. Menstrual epact , or Coloq. Monthly epact , the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.
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Epagoge (?), n. [L., from Gr. 'epagwgh a bringing in, fr. 'epagein. See .] (Logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
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Epagogic (?), a. Inductive. Latham.
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Epalate (?), a. [Pref. e- + palpus.] (Zoöl.) Without palpi.
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Epanadiplosis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; 'epi + � to make double.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.” Phil. iv. 4.
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Epanalepsis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; 'epi + � to take up.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Gibbs.
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Epanaphora (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � a recurrence; 'epi + � to bring or carry back.] (Rhet.) Same as . Gibbs.
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Epanastrophe (?), n. [NL., from Gr. � a return, epanastrophe; 'epi + � to return.] (Rhet.) Same as . Gibbs.
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Epanodos (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � a rising, return; 'epi + � a way up, rising; � up + � way.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: --
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O more exceeding love, or law more just?
Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! Milton.
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Epanody (?), n. [See .] (Bot.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.
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Epanorthosis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; 'epi + � to set right again; � again + � to set straight.] A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!
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Epanthous (?), a. [Pref. ep- + Gr. 'anqos flower.] (Bot.) Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.
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Eparch (?), n. [Gr. �; 'epi over + � chief, � supreme power, dominion.] In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
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Eparchy (?), n. [Gr. � the post or office of an �.] A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
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Eparterial (?), a. [Pref. ep- + arterial.] (Anat.) Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
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Epaule (?), n. [F. épaule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See , and cf. the shoulder.] (Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
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Epaulement (?), n. [F. épaulement.] (Fort.) A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.

{ Epaulet, Epaulette} (?), n. [F. épaulette, dim. of épaule shoulder, fr. L. spatula a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of spatha abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. �, also, a broad rib, shoulder blade. See the instrument, and cf. , .] (Mil.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.
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☞ In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform. Its use was abolished in the British army in 1855.

{ Epauleted, Epauletted, } a. Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.
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Epaxial (?), a. [Pref. ep- + axial.] (Anat.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.
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Epeira (?), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See .
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Epen (?), n. (Anat.) See .
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Epencephalic (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to the epencephalon. (b) Situated on or over the brain.
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Epencephalon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi upon, near + � brain.] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.
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Ependyma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � an upper garment; 'epi upon + � a garment; � in + � to put on.] (Anat.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
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Ependymis (?), n. [NL.] See .
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Epenetic (?), a. [Gr. �, from � to praise; 'epi + � to praise.] Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.
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Epenthesis (?), n.; pl. Epentheses (#). [L., fr. Gr. �; 'epi + � to put or set in.] (Gram.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in “nimble” from AS. nēmol.
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Epenthetic (?), a. [Gr. �: cf. F. épenthétique.] (Gram.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.
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Épergne (?), n. [F. épargne a sparing or saving; a treasury. “Our épergne is a little treasury of sweetmeats, fruits, and flowers.” Brewer.] A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.
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Éperlan (?), n. [F. éperlan, fr. G. spierling. See .] (Zoöl.) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
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Epexegesis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � detailed narrative, fr. � to recount in detail; 'epi + � to lead, point out. See .] A full or additional explanation; exegesis.
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Epexegetical (?), a. Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.

{ Ephah (?), or Epha}, n. [Heb. 'ēphāh.] A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. Ten ephahs make one homer.
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Ephemera (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a day fly, fr. � daily, lasting but a day; � over + � day.] 1. (Med.) A fever of one day's continuance only.
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2. (Zoöl.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under .
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Ephemeral (?), a. 1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
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2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. “Ephemeral popularity.” V. Knox.
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Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. Sir J. Stephen.
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Coloq. Ephemeral fly (Zoöl.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larvæ are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly.
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Ephemeral, n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
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Ephemeran (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the ephemeral flies.
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Ephemeric (?), a. Ephemeral.
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Ephemeris (?), n.; pl. Ephemerides (#). [L., a diary, Gr. �, also, a calendar, fr. �. See .] 1. A diary; a journal. Johnson.
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2. (Anat.) (a) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the “American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.” (b) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
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3. (Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.
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Ephemerist (?), n. 1. One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets. Howell.
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2. One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.
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Ephemeron (?), n.; pl. Ephemera (#). [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) One of the ephemeral flies.
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Ephemerous (?), a. Ephemeral. [R.] Burke.
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Ephesian (?; 106), a. [L. Ephesius: cf. F. éphésien.] Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.
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Ephesian, n. 1. A native of Ephesus.
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2. A jolly companion; a roisterer. [Obs.] Shak.
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Ephialtes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, lit., one who leaps upon.] The nightmare. Brande & C.
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Ephippial (?), a. Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana.
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Ephippium (?), n. [L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr. �; 'epi on + ippos horse.] 1. (Anat.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
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2. (Zoöl.) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.
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Ephod (?), n. [Heb. 'ēphōd, fr. 'āphad to put on.] (Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. Exodus xxviii. 6-12.
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Ephor (?), n.; pl. Ephors (#), L. Ephori (#). [L. ephorus, Gr. �, fr. � to oversee; � + � to see: cf. F. éphore.] (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
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Ephoral (?), a. Pertaining to an ephor.
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Ephoralty (?), n. The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.
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Ephraim (?), n. [The proper name.] (Zoöl.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
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Ephyra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, an old name of Corinth.] (Zoöl.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusæ, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See .
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Epi- (?). [Gr. 'epi on, upon, to; akin to Skr. api besides, and prob. to L. ob to, before, on account of, and perh. to E. of, off.] A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.
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Epiblast (?), n. [Pref. epi- + -blast.] (Biol.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See , .
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Epiblastic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.
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Epiblema (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a cover; � over + � to throw.] (Bot.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Goodale.
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Epibolic (?), a. [Gr. � to throw upon, add to; 'epi upon + � to throw.] (Biol.) Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under .
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Epiboly (?), n. [Cf. Gr. � a throwing upon.] (Biol.) Epibolic invagination. See under .
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Epibranchial (?), a. [Pref. epi- + branchial.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n. An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
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Epic (?), a. [L. epicus, Gr. �, from � a word, speech, tale, song; akin to L. vox voice: cf. F. épique. See .] Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
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The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail. T. Arnold.
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Epic, n. An epic or heroic poem. See , a.
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Epical (�), a. Epic. -- Epically, adv.
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Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C.
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His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.
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Epicardiac (?), a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium.
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Epicardium (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi upon + kardia heart.] (Anat.) That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
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Epicaridan (?), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. �, �, a shrimp.] (Zoöl.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.
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Epicarp (?), [Pref. epi- + Gr. � fruit.] (Bot.) The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under .
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Epicede (?), n. [L. epicedion, Gr. � dirge, elegy, fr. � funereal; � + � care, sorrow: cf. F. épicède.] A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [R.] Donne.
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Epicedial (?), a. Elegiac; funereal.
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Epicedian (?), a. Epicedial. -- n. An epicede.
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Epicedium (?), n. [L.] An epicede.
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Epicene (?), a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. �; fr. 'epi + � common; cf. F. épicène.] 1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
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2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
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The literary prigs epicene. Prof. Wilson.
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He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. J. A. Symonds.
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Epicentral (?), a. [Pref. epi- + centrum.] (Anat.) Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. Owen.
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Epicerastic (?), a. [Gr. � tempering the humors; 'epi + � to mix: cf. F. épicérastique.] (Med.) Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]
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Epichirema (?), n.; pl. Epichiremata (#). [L., fr. Gr. �, from � to attempt to prove.] (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]
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Epichordal (?), a. [Pref. epi- + chordal.] (Anat.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
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Epichorial (?), a. [Gr. �; � over + � country.] In or of the country. [R.]
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Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe. De Quincey.
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Epicleidium (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi upon + � a little key.] (Anat.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.
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Epiclinal (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. � a couch.] (Bot.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
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