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magi
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militate

Postby magi » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:21 pm

militate
intr. v.

To have force or influence; bring about an effect or a change:

“All these factors militated to a different targeting priority” (Tom Clancy). “The chaste banality of his prose... militates against the stories' becoming literature” (Anthony Burgess).
Not even the five fingers of our hands are alike.
--Afghan proverb

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Postby Perry » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:31 pm

In Hebrew we have a verb "melitz" מליץ which means to speak up for, to advocate.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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