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Name given by Grimm to the modification of a vowel in a syllable through the influence of a vowel in the succeeding.
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Name given by the Germans to Frederick V., husband of Elizabeth, daughter of James I., his Winter Queen, who was elected king of Bohemia by the Protestants in 1619, and compelled to resign in 1620.
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Name given in Cambridge University to those who have attained the first rank in mathematics, pure and applied, the one who heads the list being known as the Senior Wrangler.
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Name given to a cavalry volunteer force the members of which provide their own horses and uniforms, with a small allowance from the Government, which is increased when called out.
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Name given to a spiritual supernatural influence operating in and affecting the life and character, but which we are not sensible of ourselves, and still less reveal a conscious sense of to others.
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Name given to a system of magic and superstitious rites prevalent among certain negro races.
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Name given to a union of several States in defence or promotion of the common good, while each State is independent of the rest in local matters.
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Name given to an excessive realism in depicting the worst side of human life and society. See Zola.
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Name given to extreme views in the matter of the prerogatives and authority of the Pope, so called in France as prevailing on the other side of the Alps.
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Name given to Sir Walter Scott, from the magic power displayed in his writings.
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