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throne
An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
''He approached the throne reverently.''
Other seats, ''particularly'':
#A seat u [..]
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wrought
Having been worked or prepared somehow.
''Is that fence made out of wrought iron?''
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wrote
write
''We all wrote down the instructions.''
(informal,nonstandard) write
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wrong
Incorrect or untrue.
''Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.''
* '''1592''',andare no longer in common use, except humorously; rather, the locutions “more wrong” and “most wrong [..]
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heinous
Totally reprehensible.
''I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.''
''The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.''
''The government denounced the [..]
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written
Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
''I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.''
That was writte [..]
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writer
A person who writes, or produces literary work.
''Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer!''
(historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of theeo|skribanto,e [..]
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write
(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
(The pupil wrote his name on the paper.)
(Your son has been writing on the wall.)
(transitive) To be th [..]
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wring
To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out.
''You must wring your wet jeans before hanging them out to dry.''
* Bible, Judg. vi. 38
*: He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust th [..]
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weave
To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
''This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.''
To spin a cocoon or a web.
''Spiders weave beautiful but deadly [..]
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