perse

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Even while playing gestures that weren't notes perse - clacking keys, rough growls - he was fully engaged in honing his sound into something powerful and lethal.

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  1. adjective Dark grayish blue or purple.

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  • I reject a "Left Behind" view of eschatology given the fact that Appocyliptic Lit was metaphore driven and had significant meaning to the audience it was writen to (not us perse). —  DeVine Theology
  • Some might argue that these questions would be more appropriate to a philosophy class than a science class, perse, but the students ask John what he believes anyway, and he replies that life has "no grand purpose," adding, sadly: "I think s--- just happens."
  • I may not be cured, perse, but I have been healed of my affliction. —  The Evolution of Jeremiah
  • They weren't bad perse, just very very different from the last 26 episodes. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • Harga minyak mentah sekarang telah jatuh sekitar 40 perse, sejak mencapai rekor harga tertinggi di atas 147 dolar AS pada Juli. —  ANTARA - Berita Terkini
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  1. Middle English pers, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, back-formation from Latin Persicus, Persian, from Greek Persikos, a Persian, from Persēs, a Persian, from Old Persian Pārsa, of Median origin; akin to Old Persian Parthava-, Parthian.

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  1. Middle English pers, perse, from Old French (and F.) pers, blue (French perse, n., chintz), = Provencal pers = Italian perso, from Middle Latin persus, also perseus, persicus, bluish-green; according to some, from Latin persicum, a peach (see peach1); according to others, from Greek περκνός, livid (see perch); but prob. from Latin Persia, Persia (cf. Middle English inde, a color, ult. from Latin India, India,etc.).
 

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