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Will! That shall be my strength and my immunity all the way At last she dozed, to dream that Hamoud had confronted a lion just as the beast was about to pounce upon Madame Zanidov, who, wearing the dress of oxidized silver barbarically painted, crouched in a moonlit clearing.

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  1. noun An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
  2. noun New England & Southern U.S. A large domestic animal, especially a horse or bull.
  3. noun Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: "So far the beast in us has insisted upon having its full say” (William Dean Howells).
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  • Of course, a short swim for the beast might be a long one for him. —  THE BLOOD KNIGHT
  • Will! That shall be my strength and my immunity all the way At last she dozed, to dream that Hamoud had confronted a lion just as the beast was about to pounce upon Madame Zanidov, who, wearing the dress of oxidized silver barbarically painted, crouched in a moonlit clearing. —  Sacrifice
  • It does not call up the beast, and if it did it would not matter much, as a rule; the beast is a harmless and rather amiable creature, as anybody can see by watching cattle. —  All Things Considered
  • Firing as he ran, Tippet raced after the great cave bear--the monstrous thing that should have been extinct ages before--ran for it and fired even as the beast was almost upon Bradley. —  Out of Time's Abyss
  • Medmangi screamed and ducked under the seat, thinking that the beast was about to attack her. —  The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way
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animal ·  monster ·  wolf ·  dragon ·  cat ·  warrior ·  brute ·  bear ·  fish ·  one ·  being ·  fellow

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beast:   beasts
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  1. Middle English beste, from Old French, from Latin bēstia.

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  1. Early modern English also beest, from Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste, French béte = Spanish Portuguese Italian bestia = D. Low German beest, from Latin bestia, an animal, including all animals except man.
 

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