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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #105290 - 06/10/03 01:18 PM Re: digladiations Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Nothing like intensifying a fight among gladiators. Top #105291 - 06/10/03 01:18 PM Re: digladiations wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 "so dis- here could be acting as an intensifier." Dear tsuwm: I would expect "disgladiation" meaning to force the opponent to drop his sword. I was a lousy fencer, but I was good at getting the other guy's foil to fall. Bad form, though. Top #105292 - 06/10/03 02:12 PM Re: intensifiers tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass >Nothing like intensifying a fight among gladiators. see the dis- in dissever, for an instance. Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8431 Members 16 Forums 13688 Topics 209834 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members supermatthias, prabakaran, sce, Eva, sylviasuper 8430 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (tsuwm), 33 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 61 endymion6 57 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 31 Faldage 16 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 teepee 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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