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  • 101levante — sustantivo masculino 1. Viento húmedo del este: Sopla levante. 2. Este, punto cardinal. 3. (con mayúscula) Conjunto de las comarcas mediterráneas de España, principalmente la Comunidad Valenciana y la región de Murcia: las playas de Levante. 4 …

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  • 102challenge — [13] The original notion contained in challenge in English was of ‘accusation’. The word comes, via Old French chalenge or calenge, from Latin calumnia ‘false charge, deception’ (source of English calumny [15]). By the early 14th century, the… …

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  • 103chal´leng|er — chal|lenge «CHAL uhnj», verb, lenged, leng|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to call to a game or contest; dare: »The champion swimmer challenged anyone in the world to beat him. Our school challenged the neighboring school s team to a match. 2. to call to… …

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  • 104chal´lenge|a|ble — chal|lenge «CHAL uhnj», verb, lenged, leng|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to call to a game or contest; dare: »The champion swimmer challenged anyone in the world to beat him. Our school challenged the neighboring school s team to a match. 2. to call to… …

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  • 105chal|lenge — «CHAL uhnj», verb, lenged, leng|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to call to a game or contest; dare: »The champion swimmer challenged anyone in the world to beat him. Our school challenged the neighboring school s team to a match. 2. to call to fight: »The… …

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  • 106клевета — клеветать, 1 л. ед. ч. клевещу (цслав.), укр. клевета, клеветати, ст. слав. кл̂евета λοιδορία (Супр.), кл̂еветати διαβάλλειν, болг. клевета, сербохорв. клѐвета, чеш. kleveta клевета, сплетня , слвц. klebeta. От клевать, клюю; см. Бернекер 1,… …

    Этимологический словарь русского языка Макса Фасмера

  • 107хвала — укр. хвала, блр. хвала, др. русск. хвала, ст. слав. хвала αἴνεσις, αἶνος (Остром., Супр.), болг. хвала, фала, сербохорв. хвала похвала, благодарность , словен. hvalа – то же, чеш., слвц. chvala, польск. сhwаɫа, в. луж. khwaɫa, н. луж. сhwаɫа.… …

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  • 108Calumnies — Calumny Cal um*ny, n.; pl. {Calumnies}. [L. calumnia, fr. calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf. {Challenge}, n.] False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious… …

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  • 109Calumny — Cal um*ny, n.; pl. {Calumnies}. [L. calumnia, fr. calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf. {Challenge}, n.] False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation;… …

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  • 110Challenge — Chal lenge, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See {Calumny}.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a… …

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