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  • In this case iacio = ‘I throw’, iacto with an added T = ‘I throw repeatedly, toss around’ and oddly ‘I boast’, and iactito with an extra T and an extra IT = ‘I boast repeatedly’.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Jactitation: 2007

  • Latin ob - out of and iacio I am throwing, and philosophy that holds that things in the natural world exist independently of anyone's perception of them or efforts (or lack of effort) to understand them.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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