Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Italy, the west; the region in the west: as, the Riviera di Ponente; hence, the west wind.
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- noun A
westerly Mediterranean wind
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Examples
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The auditor who prepares the report is called the ponente or relator.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Sometimes the sunshine vanished when the sirocco raged -- the 'ponente' the wind was called on that shore.
Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1824
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Sometimes the sunshine vanished when the sirocco raged -- the 'ponente' the wind was called on that shore.
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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Sometimes the sunshine vanished when the sirocco raged -- the 'ponente' the wind was called on that shore.
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Complete Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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Sometimes the sunshine vanished when the sirocco raged ” the 'ponente' the wind was called on that shore.
Notes to The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Mary W 1839
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Christiani che hauea dato trauerso in quelle parti, essendo arriuati sopra questa isola alla parte de ponente trouarono vno naue Inglesa, sopra cargo de essa il magnifico Giouanni Keale, et
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Sometimes the sunshine vanished when the sirocco raged — the ‘ponente’ the wind was called on that shore.
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Ingilterra, Flandra, et tutti patri di ponente, et in altroue, a noi ha parso farle le presente nostre lettere patente com fidele conuersatore nostro, accio piu securamente et sensa obstaculo possa andare et ritornare quando li parera con detta naue o con altre, a loro benuista.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Christo enim sic eos ponente ut eant et fructum afferant, et fructus eorum maneat, quis audeat dicere ‘Forsitan non manebunt?’
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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One of them (cardinale ponente) is selected to summarize the entire case, and to him are finally turned over the local record and the opinions of the consultors, with the obligation of reporting on the case at the next General Congregation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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