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`[ii-IE s: Ell-'1'. portier e LLat. portnrfus .-;
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`ling light stout. made from browned or charts malt.
`lat-vague [poritar-ij. par-L] rt. 1. The carrying oi parcels or goods
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`- r-Estr Ipor'tar-is. poH-J n. var. of root-nus.
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`i filtrate or cltophausc. 2.!1 cut of beef from the thick end of the short
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`5‘: hail-HE 1 T-lJEmE and a sizable picture of tenderloin.
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`Irhouse steak :1. rosrcsrtousr 2.
`fo-li-u lphrt-Et'i’lc-o'. port-in. pi. «is. [Italporrar'cglio :por—
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`Ell ca dotigner's portfolio} 2. The ciiire or post at a cabinet meni-
`fi'lifminisocr oi since. 3. A list oi investments. securities. and corn-
`.4 paper corned. as by a bank or individual investor.
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`alien at the entrance of a building. "port-rhmad’ fldf_
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`-Ittetn.1 [porhmhn’ti porn. porr’inac-ts'. port'-1 11.. pi.
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`figs] + nirrnredu. rlnalc a: Lat. manta-Hum] Chicily Erit.
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`tar .ici. Dior relating to the orientation of a printed
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`inflation dramatically. as on the stage. uproot-rayon
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`limp-1.1331 and Brazil.
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`warm seas. with a bluish bladdcrli a float from
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`assure: or hold a position or [insturn as in sitting ior a portrait. 2. To
`affect a particular mental attitude. 3. To pretend to be other than what
`one is. —-vt. I. To place I'e.g.. a model] in a specific position. 2. To
`advance or put forward ‘CthSti a ptolclem;I —rt. 1. it bodily portion or
`position. cap. one assumed for an artist or photographer. 2.3111 arrested
`physical or mental attitude.
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`pursue1 [poo] vt. posed. pots-lug. poo-es. iii-1E nppotcn. alteration of
`opporcn .-_-. DFr. opposes to oppose. —scc Cir-tote] To pus-ale or cott-
`Itrsc Tsaith s c'iii-icult question or problem.
`Pom sci-don. [pd-std‘n} n. [Lai. < Git. Poseidon ] Git.
`oi the waters. earthquakes, and horses.
`puss-erl tpoizar} rt. Cine who pesos.
`pets-er! [po'rar] n. it bailliog question or problem.
`po-seur [no-rtcr'i n. [Fr -: DFr. potter.
`to pose. —sce 111::st Clue
`who assumes an attitude. character. or manner to impress others.
`130511 [posit adj. lCii'ig, unknown] Fashionable and expensive.
`post-{qr
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`taining to. or being an auxiliary roelret on a spacecraft that provides
`additional mrust in the direction oi the spacecraft'a motion.
`pus-i1: {pfiz’ltl or. die-ed, -it.-ing. dis. [4: Lot. pon'tnr. p.patt. of
`porters.
`to place.) 1. To place in position. 1 To present as a [art or
`asturnptton : rosrutarc.
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`A place or location. 2. The right or ap.
`riatr. place {The contestants
`were in position:- 3. a. The way inflich one is placed stir: an in—
`conspicuous position} h. The arrangement of bodily part5 : ms torts
`ca prone position} :1. tin advantageous place or location {race cars
`inciteying ior pasiti'anb- 5. it situation as it relates to the surrounding
`circumstances scant in a position to quibble} a. An attitude or pohtt
`ol view on a certain question. 3'. Social status. 3. rt post of employ-
`ment 1 nos. 9. The area for whit-d1 a particular player is responsible in
`a sport. In. a. The act or process of positing. it. The principle or prop-
`osit'tcn posited. —vr. -tioued. rejoining. -tions.Toplace in pron
`tr position. —po-si’tiorI-a1orti. — po-silt-ianuer n.
`position paper :1. 1. it detailed policy report that usu. explains.
`justifies. or recommends a course oi action. 1. For aide-memoirs.
`pried-titre ipfiz’i-tlvi och. [ME e 01:1. potitif e Lat. positions. for
`molly laid down r: porters. to place.) 1. Marked by or exhibiting cer-
`tainty. acceptance. or affirmation 1'3 positive reply} 2. Measured or
`moving in a direction of increase. progress. or ism-aid motion. 3.
`Openly or explicitly laid clown or expressed {apotrtrve claim} a. rid-
`rnittirtg oi no doubr: instruranrn 5. a. Decca-mince or settled in opin-
`into or assertion : CDNEJDLNT {a positive attitude} is. Dt-crconfident :
`dogmatic. ti. Formally out-arbitrarily determined :r-nsscaraso. ?. Con-
`cerned with practical rather than discretion! matters. 3. Composed oi
`or marked lay the rescue: of distinctive qualities or attributcs : arm.
`'9. Philos. Of or relating to positit'itm. ll]. informal. Complete r utter
`ca positive angels: 11. Math. Relating to or designating: a. it quantity
`rotate: than zero. it. The sign [+]. e. A quantity. number. angle. or
`direction is
`pairs to another designated as negative. 12. Physics. itc-
`latiug cu orpdcsignattng electric charge of a sign opposite to that of an
`electron. 13. Mad. Indicating the presence of a particular diseasc. con-
`dition. or organism {a positive TB teeth 14. Bird.
`indicating or
`marltcd by response or motion toward the source of a stimulus. 15.
`Having the areas oi light and dark in their engine] and normal rela—
`tionship. as in a photographic print made iron: a negartvc. tn. Di. 11:-
`Eating to. or denoting the simple uncompated degree of an adjective cr
`adverh. 1?. Driven by or generating power directly through interme-
`diate machine parts having little or no play. —r1. 1. Something posi-
`tivc. 1. Holes. Something perceptible to the senses. 3. Math. a
`quantity pfieater than zero. 4. Physics. A positive electric charge. 5. a
`photogrnp in image in which the lights and darks appear as they do
`naturally. IS. a. The uncomparcd degree of an adieetivr or adverb. h. 11
`wool in this degree. —pos’i-tive-ly adv. —pD!’i-tivvctncsa rt.
`positive prescription 11. Law. PRESCIttF'nG-N do.
`posd-tio-ism [poa'i-ti-ytz'arnl n.
`1. a. it philosolaljiical doctrine
`contending that sense perceptions arc the only :tdrn'tssl
`c basis of Mn
`man knowledge and precise thought. h. The application of this doc-
`trine in logic. epistemology. and ethics. 2. The system of hug-oar:
`Comte designed to supersede theology and metaphysics and dcpcndin
`on a hierarchy or" the sciences. beginning with mathematics and co -
`minating in sociology. 3. Thc quaiity or state n: being positive.
`—pos'i-ti-vrist n. —p-ufill-tiiveis’tic cut-ii
`pos-i-tron iptiz’I-Lron'] n. [aosrtnvsi
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`intact-room] The antipat-
`ticlc oi the electron.
`poo-i-tro-ni-um
`rpdz’i-trfiFnt-umi n. mist. ._- restroom} it
`short-livod association ol an electron and a positron trotted together in
`a cmrfiguration resembling the hydrogen atom.
`PW'B'B llitl'JS’ El 11. [Short for Med. Int. rat-ates mnu‘rmm- nnlamr m: 1.1....
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