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Glyptodont (?), n. (Paleon.) One of a family (Glyptodontidæ) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.
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Glyptographic (?), a. [Cf. F. glyptographique.] Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones. [R.]
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Glyptography (?), n. [Gr. � carved + -graphy: cf. F. glyptographie.] The art or process of engraving on precious stones. [R.]
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Glyptotheca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � carved + � case, box.] A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
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Glyster (?), n. (Med.) Same as .
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G-man n. [from Government man.] A special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Syn. -- FBI agent, FBI man, government man.
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Gmelinite (?), n. [Named after the German chemist Gmelin.] (Min.) A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.
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Gnaphalium (?), n. [Nl., from Gr. � wool of the teasel.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
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Gnar (?), n. [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf. , , .] A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic]
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He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer.
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Gnar (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring.] [See .] To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic]
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At them he gan to rear his bristles strong,
And felly gnarre. Spenser.
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A thousand wants
Gnarr at the heels of men. Tennison.
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Gnarl (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarling.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.] To growl; to snarl.
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And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak.
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Gnarl, n. [See , n.] a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
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Gnarled (?), a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
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The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak. Shak.
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Gnarly (?), a. Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
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Gnash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnashed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnashing.] [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn�sta to gnash, Dan.knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.] To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.
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Gnash, v. i. To grind or strike the teeth together.
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There they him laid,
Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton.
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Gnashingly, adv. With gnashing.
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Gnat (?), n. [AS. gnæt.] 1. (Zoöl.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See .
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2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
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Coloq. Gnat catcher (Zoöl.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. -- Coloq. Gnat flower , the bee flower. -- Coloq. Gnat hawk (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; -- called also gnat owl. -- Coloq. Gnat snapper (Zoöl.), a bird that catches gnats. -- Coloq. Gnat strainer , a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.
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Gnathic (?), a. [Gr. gnaqos the jaw.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the jaw.
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Coloq. Gnathic index , in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called also alveolar index.
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Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous. Flower.
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Gnathidium (?), n.; pl. Gnathidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. gnaqos the jaw.] (Zoöl.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.
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Gnathite (?), n. [Gr. gnaqos the jaw.] (Zoöl.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

{ Gnathonic (?), Gnathonical (?), } a. [L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the “Eunuchus” of Terence, Gr. �; hence, a parasite in general.] Flattering; deceitful. [Obs.]
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Gnathopod (?), n. [Gr. gnaqos the jaw + -pod.] (Zoöl.) A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See .
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Gnathopodite (?), n. (Zoöl,) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.
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Gnathostegite (?), n. [Gr. gnaqos the jaw + � a roof.] (Zoöl.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.
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Gnathostoma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. gnaqos the jaw + �, �, the mouth.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]
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Gnathotheca (?), n.; pl. GnathothecÆ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. gnaqos the jaw + � a box.] (Zoöl.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.
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Gnatling (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small gnat.
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Gnatworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.
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Gnaw (n�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n�d); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. to tease.] 1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.
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His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden.
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2. To bite in agony or rage.
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They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10.
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3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts gnawed at him.
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Gnaw, v. i. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.
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I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. Sir P. Sidney.
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Gnawer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, gnaws.
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2. (Zoöl.) A rodent.
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Gneiss (nīs), n. [G.] (Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic gneiss or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.
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Gneissic (nīssĭk), a. Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.
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Gneissoid (-soid), a. [Gneiss + -oid.] Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.
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Gneissose (?), a. Having the structure of gneiss.
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Gnew (nū), obs. imp. of . Chaucer.
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Gnide (nīd), v. t. [AS. gnīdan.] To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.]
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☞ This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury.
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Gnof (nŏf), n. Churl; curmudgeon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Gnome (?), n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnwmon one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. � intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai, gignw^skein, to know. See .] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.
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2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
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3. (Zoöl.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.
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4. [Gr. �.] A brief reflection or maxim. Peacham.

{ Gnomic (?), Gnomical (?), } a. [Gr. �, fr. �: cf. F. gnomique. See maxim.] Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.
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A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes.
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Coloq. Gnomic Poets , Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.
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Gnomical, a. [See .] Gnomonical. Boyle.
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Gnomically, adv. In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

{ Gnomologic (?), Gnomological (?), } a. [Gr. �.] Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.
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Gnomology (?), n. [Gr. �; � judgment, maxim + � discourse: cf. F. gnomologie.] A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. [Obs.] Milton.
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Gnomon (?), n. [L. gnomon, Gr. � one that knows, the index of a sundial. See .]
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1. (Dialing) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.
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2. (Astron.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.
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3. (Geom.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
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4. The index of the hour circle of a globe.

{ Gnomonic (?), Gnomonical (?), } a. [L. gnomonicus, Gr. �: cf. F. gnomonique. See .] Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing.
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Coloq. Gnomonic projection , a projection of the circles of the sphere, in which the point of sight is taken at the center of the sphere, and the principal plane is tangent to the surface of the sphere. “The gnomonic projection derives its name from the connection between the methods of describing it and those for the construction of a gnomon or dial.” Cyc. of Arts & Sciences.
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Gnomonically (?), adv. According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.
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Gnomonics (?), n. [See .] The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.
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Gnomonist (?), n. One skilled in gnomonics. Boyle.
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Gnomonology (?), n. [Gnomon + -logy. Cf. .] A treatise on gnomonics.
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Gnoscopine (?), n. [Gr. gignwskein to know + E. opium?] (Chem.) An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.
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Gnosis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gnw^sis.] (Metaph.) The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.
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Gnostic (?), a. 1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang]
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I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.
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Gnostic, n. [L. gnosticus, Gr. � good at knowing, sagacious; as a n., man that claims to have a deeper wisdom, fr. gignwskein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See .] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.
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Gnosticism (?), n. The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
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Gnow (?), obs. imp. of . Gnawed. Chaucer.
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Gnu (?), n. [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zoöl.) One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. [Written also gnoo.]
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☞ The common gnu or wildebeest (Catoblephas gnu) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. gorgon) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders.
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Go (gō), obs. p. p. of . Gone. Chaucer.
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Go, v. i. [imp. Went (wĕnt); p. p. Gone (gŏn; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Going. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See , v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. gān, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. gēn, gān, SW. gå, Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. kichanai to reach, overtake, Skr. hā to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. √47a. Cf. , v. i., .] 1. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.
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2. To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.
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☞ In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or ride. “Whereso I go or ride.” Chaucer.
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You know that love
Will creep in service where it can not go. Shak.
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Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. Shak.
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He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees. Bunyan.
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☞ In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home.
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3. To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.
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The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 1 Sa. xvii. 12.
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[The money] should go according to its true value. Locke.
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4. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.
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How goes the night, boy ? Shak.
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I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough. Arbuthnot.
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Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward. I Watts.
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5. To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.
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Against right reason all your counsels go. Dryden.
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To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology. Sir W. Scott.
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6. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
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Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.
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☞ Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to begin harvest.
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