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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Western.
  2. [capitalized] A division of the Paleozoic strata in Pennsylvania, according to the nomenclature suggested by H. D. Rogers: it corresponds to the Catskill group of the New York survey, forming one of the divisions of the Upper Devonian.

Wiktionary

  1. n. the west; the area of the setting sun
  2. adj. pertaining to the west, westerly

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. rare Western; occidental.

Etymologies

  1. From Italian ponente ("west"), ultimately from Latin ponent-, ponens, present participle of ponere ("to place"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “És el que estem fent ara: ens ha fallat el primer ponent de la tarda, i ens hem empescat una petita ronda de presentacions de les entitats que hem organitzat tota aquesta gran festa.”

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  • “A spokesman for his successful op ponent in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary, Vincent Gray, said voters rarely mentioned the issue.”

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  • “Fortunately his op - ponent was a child, and a childish example would suffice.”

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  • “She was a girl of about his size, which meant also his age, because the werewolves matured at the rate of their slow com - ponent, the human one.”

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  • “But per capita expenditures for this program com - ponent, as for HI, are projected to grow in line with per capita health care costs over the long run.”

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  • “He really hadn't expected the luck of a full strike, but his op-ponent had evidently anticipated a blow to the head rather than the hand.”

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  • “He stored it in a far recess of his mind and moved on, concentrating on his work and his career, which by all ac-counts were far more successful than any selective com-ponent of his personal life.”

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  • “The quick retreat caught Flint off guard, and he instantly crouched, watching his op - ponent warily.”

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  • “Finding his op-ponent helpless, Emien crossed his dagger over his quillon and bore down with both hands.”

    Stormwarden

  • “The Sathid had spoken the truth; the op-ponent she faced was herself.”

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