elect
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“Listen to me. Please don’t forget, laws don’t just happen to you. Laws are made and they’re made by the people you elect. So you have a voice, exercise it.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2016
In fact, for 36 of the last 44 years, City Hall has been occupied by four men whom Mr. Garth helped elect. is the fourth.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2010
Peruv. unc. 1nam. elect. e scordio unciam dimidiam, vel tinct. thebaicæ scrup. ij.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
Spenser. dim. diminutive. opp. opposed. subj. subjunctive. dub. doubtful. opt. optics. suff. suffix. eccles. ecclesiastical history. orig. originally. superl. superlative. e.g. for example. ornith. ornithology. surg. surgery. elect. electricity.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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