Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of mammals containing man alone: same as Bimana, Archencephala, Archontia, Anthropidæ, Hominidæ. See these words.
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In tantam superbiam sunt erecti, quod quamuis aliquid forte credant de
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Cuius incolæ decedentes non inhumantur: sed ad aggerem seu parietem coemeterij, viuorum instar erecti, consistunt perpetuò: Nec vlli corruptioni, nec ruinæ. obnoxij: vt posterum quiuis suos maiores ibi quærere & conspicere possit.
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In tantam superbiam sunt erecti, quod quamuis aliquid forte credant de
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Cuius incol� decedentes non inhumantur: sed ad aggerem seu parietem coemeterij, viuorum instar erecti, consistunt perpetu� Nec vlli corruptioni, nec ruin�. obnoxij: vt posterum quiuis suos maiores ibi qu鎟ere & conspicere possit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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RESOLVED, further, That the ground near the old Dispensary be designated as the site for this statue, and that a committee, consisting of President Alderman, Professor Kimball, and Dr. Lambeth be appointed to assume charge of the creation and erecti of the statue.
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Aren't _these_ the real pithecanthropi erecti, rather than the brown-skinned, reddish-haired creatures of the biological text-books?
Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906
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Postquam audiverant gratum hunc sermonem BRACHMANIS ore prolatum, Dî cum duce suo Indra summopere gaudio erecti sunt.
Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866
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Racemi multiflori, erecti; pedicelli subaequantes calycem.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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De quadam Insula Hyberniæ; quæ templum & Parochiam habet: Cuius incolæ decedentes non inhumantur: sed ad aggerem seu parietem coemeterij, viuorum instar erecti, consistunt perpetuò: Nec vlli corruptioni, nec ruinæ. obnoxij: vt posterum quiuis suos maiores ibi quærere & conspicere possit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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The Borrower shall keep and preserve complete and accurate accounts of all sums of money received and disbursed in connection with the erecti operation and maintenance of the Project, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a complete and accurate record of all amounts charged as fees, rents and charges in connection with the operation of such Project and all sums disbursed for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds.
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