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False Decretals — • A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection Catholic… … Catholic encyclopedia
false — [fɔːls ǁ fɒːls] adjective 1. not true or real, but intended to look real in order to deceive people: • false and misleading advertisements • Firms issuing false certificates might be subject to lawsuits. 2. a false economy something that you… … Financial and business terms
idea — noun 1 plan/suggestion ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, brilliant, clever, excellent, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, wonderful ▪ … Collocations dictionary
false card — Chiefly Bridge. a card played to give an opponent a mistaken idea of the quality or length of one s holding in the suit led. [1875 80] * * * false card noun A card played to deceive • • • Main Entry: ↑false * * * false card, a card played to… … Useful english dictionary
false card — Chiefly Bridge. a card played to give an opponent a mistaken idea of the quality or length of one s holding in the suit led. [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
Theodore Roosevelt: False Sentimentality About the Indians — ▪ Primary Source Theodore Roosevelt favored a rational and equitable policy toward Native Americans, but he firmly believed that the Indian nations had no claim to the land they inhabited and were in fact nomadic people who by… … Universalium
To give up the ghost — Ghost Ghost (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.] [1913 Webster] 1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Error — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Error >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 error error fallacy Sgm: N 1 misconception misconception misapprehension misstanding misunderstanding Sgm: N 1 inexactness inexactness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 laxity … English dictionary for students
mislead — mis·lead /mis lēd/ vb led / led/, lead·ing vt: to lead into a mistaken action or belief: to cause to have a false impression vi: to create a false impression compare deceive Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
distort — I verb bend, camouflage, caricature, change out of recognition, change the face of, conceal, contort, corrupt, deform, disguise, disproportion, dissemble, distorquere, exaggerate, falsify, give a false idea, give a false impression, give a… … Law dictionary
