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Annales XII. --- P. Cornelius Tacitus Flashcards

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ex eo can mean

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from this time

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illudo, illudere, illusi, illusus

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mock, ridicule, speak mockingly of; fool, dupe; use for sexual pleasure

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non per lasciviam, ut Messalina, rebus Romanis inludenti

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not, as Messalina, making state affairs the pastime of her wantonness

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adductus, adducta -um, adductior -or -us, adductissimus -a -um

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contracted, drawn together; frowning, grave; compressed, terse; strict, severe

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adductum et quasi virile servitium

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the reins of servitude were drawn tighter as if by masculine hand

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expedio, expedire, expedivi, expeditus

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disengage, loose, set free; be expedient; procure, obtain, make ready

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obtentus, obtentus M

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spreading before; cloaking, disguising, pretext

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obtentum habebat, quasii subsidium regno parareetur

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had the apparent excuse of collecting resources for despotism

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conscisco, consciscere, conscivi, conscitus

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ordain/decree/determine/resolve; decide/inflict on; bring on oneself

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produco, producere, produxi, productus

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lead forward, bring out; reveal; induce; promote; stretch out; prolong; bury

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piaculum, piaculi N

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expiatory offering or rite; sin; crime

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procuratio, procurationis F

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management; administration; charge, responsibility

Tacitus: a religious act for the propitiation of an offended deity

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exquiro, exquirere, exquisivi, exquisitus

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seek out, search for, hunt up; inquire into

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notesco, notescere, notui, -

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become known; become famous

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impetro, impetrare, impetravi, impetratus

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obtain/procure; succeed/achieve/be granted; obtain

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pueritia, pueritiae F

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childhood, boyhood; callowness, childish nature; state/fact of being boy

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adolesco, adolescere, adolui, adultus

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grow up, mature, reach manhood/peak; become established/strong; grow, increase

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enitesco, enitescere, enitui, -

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become bright, gleam; stand out

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exequor, exequi, executus sum

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follow, go along/on with; pursue for vengeance/punishment; strive/search after

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facundus, facunda, facundum

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eloquent; fluent; able to express eloquently/fluently

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perpetro, perpetrare, perpetravi, perpetratus

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carry through, accomplish

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ADEMPTA SAEPE AUT FIRMATA

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often withdrawn and re-established

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prout

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as, just as; exactly as

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delinquo, delinquere, deliqui, delictus

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fail, be wanting/lacking, fall short; offend/do wrong/err/commit offense

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adigo, adigere, adegi, adactus

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drive in/to, force, impel; cast, hurl; consign; bind

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inhio, inhiare, inhiavi, inhiatus

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gape, be open mouthed with astonishment; covet, DESIRE

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perverto, pervertere, perverti, perversus

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overthrow; subvert; destroy, ruin, corrupt

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repetunda, repetundae F

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recovery of extorted money

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exigo, exigere, exegi, exactus

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drive out, expel; finish; examine, weigh

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caelebs, caelibis M

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unmarried man, bachelor, widower; celibate

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obnoxius, obnoxia, obnoxium

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liable; guilty

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ambigo, ambigere, -, -

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hesitate, be in doubt; argue, dispute, contend; call in question; be at issue

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fautor, fautoris M

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patron, protector; admirer; supporter, partisan; who promotes/fosters interests

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promptus, promptus M

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readiness; ease; exposing to view

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haudquaquam

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by no means, in no way; not at all

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novercalis-e

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of or like a stepmother (noverca)

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improbo, improbare, improbavi, improbatus

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disapprove of, express disapproval of, condemn; reject

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aemulatio, aemulationis F

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jealousy, rivalry, ambition; unfriendly rivalry; emulation, imitation

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privignus, privigni M

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stepchild

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prorsus

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forwards, right onward; absolutely, entirely, utterly, by all means; in short

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stirpem nobilem et familiae Iulia Claudiaque posteros coniungeret

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let him join to himself a noble race, the posterity of the Iulii an the Claudii

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adjuvo, adjuvare, adjuvi, adjutus

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help, aid, abet, encourage, favor; cherish, sustain; be of use, be profitable

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necessitudo, necessitudinis F

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obligation; BOND< CONNECTION< AFFINITY; compulsion; needs; poverty; relative

44
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pellicio, pellicere, pellicui, pellectus

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attract/draw away; allure/seduce/entice/captivate; coax/induce/wheedle/win over

45
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inlecebra, inlecebrae F

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allurement, attraction, charm; a decoy bird

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struo, struere, struxi, structus

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build, construct

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perpetro, perpetrare, perpetravi, perpetratus

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carry through, accomplish

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    1. spondeo, spondere, spopondi, sponsus

2. despondeo, despondere, despondi, desponsus

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  1. promise, give pledge/undertaking/surety; contract to give/take in marriage
  2. betroth, promise in marriage; pledge, promise; despair/yield/give up
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ingruentiumque dominationum provisor

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foreseer of advancing despotisms

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ingruo, ingruere, ingrui, -

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advance threateningly; make an onslaught on; break in, come violently, force

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provisor, provisoris M

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one who foresees; one who takes care; headmaster

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praebeo, praebere, praebui, praebitus

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present/show/put forward; offer; expose physically oneself; expose/submit/allow

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quamquam lecto pridem senatu lustroque condito

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although the roll of senators had long since been complete and the lustrum closd

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adfinitas, adfinitatis F

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relation by marriage; relationship, bond/union; neighborhood

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adigo, adigere, adegi, adactus

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drive in/to, force, impel; cast, hurl; consign; bind

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ejuro, ejurare, eiuravi, eiuratus

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abjure; resign; reject on oath; forswear, disown

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pango, pangere, pepigi, pactus

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compose; insert, drive in, fasten; plant; fix, settle, agree upon, stipulate

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necdum

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and/but not yet

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sollemnis, sollemne,

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solemn, ceremonial, sacred, in accordance w/religion/law; traditional/customary

60
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percontor, percontari, percontatus sum

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inquire

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consensui imparem

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unable to resist unanimity

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obtestor, obtestari, obtestatus sum

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call to witness; implore

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adminiculum, adminiculi N

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prop, pole, stake; support, stay, bulwark; means, aid, tool; auxiliary

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communis, communis, commune

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common/joint/public; general/universal

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egeo, egere, egui, -

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need, lack, want; require, be without

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porro

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further

onwards

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levamentum, levamenti N

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alleviation, mitigation, consolation

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adsuefacio, adsuefacere, adsuefeci, adsuefactus

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accustom, habituate, inure; make accustomed/used, train

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obtempero, obtemperare, obtemperavi, obtemperatus

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obey; comply with the demands of; be submissive to

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postquam haec favoribilie oratione praaemisit

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after preface in this favourable strain

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oportet, oportere, oportuit

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it is neCessary, proper, becoming

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puerperium, puerperi(i) N

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childbirth, delivery; offspring born at a single delivery

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anquiro, anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus

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seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

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sobrina, sobrinae F

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second cousins

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immo

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no indeed; on the contrary, more correctly; indeed, nay more

76
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percrebesco, percrebescere, percrebui, -

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become very frequent, become very widespread

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prout

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as, just as; exactly as

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conduco, conducere, conduxi, conductus

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be of advantage/profitable/EXPEDIENT; be proper/fitting/concerned with; tend to

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certatim

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eagerly, with rivalry, in competition; earnestly,

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desum, deesse, defui, defuturus

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be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing

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grator, gratari, gratatus sum

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congratulate; rejoice with

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gener, generi M

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son-in-law

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nec defectione a familia Arsacidarum venire

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nor did their coming imply defection from the family of the Arsacids

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accerso, accersere, accersivi, accersitus

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send for, summon; indict/accuse; fetch, import; invite; invoke; bring on oneself

85
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longius sitos

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more distant relatives

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socors, (gen.), socordis

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sluggish, inactive

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infaustus, infausta, infaustum

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unlucky, unfortunate; inauspicious, unsuccessful

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ideo

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therefore, for the reason that, for that reason

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adscisco, adsciscere, adscivi, adscitus

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adopt, assume; receive, admit, approve of, associate; take over, claim

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