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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Masculine ( page 237 ).

Questions.

1. To what is male applied? To what masculine? 2. To what does manly refer? manful? In what connection can manly be used where manful could not be substituted? 3. What is the sense of mannish? virile?

Examples.

Every virtue in the higher phases of —— character begins in truth and pity or truth and reverence to all womanhood.

One brave and —— struggle
And he gained the solid land
And the cover of the mountains
And the carbines of his band.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; —— and female created he them.

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