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#161792 08/27/06 06:06 PM
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My crossword threw me off with this word. The clue was "forcibly"... the answer, "swith". What? a valid word? I'd like to know if it appears in Oxford... it surely doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries.

#161793 08/27/06 06:07 PM
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המקום שלך ללימודי א גלית
לימודי א גלית לכל הרמות כולל א גלית עסקית ושירותי תרגום איכותיים.

What's wrong with the Google Ads!??!

World's going insane!

#161794 08/27/06 06:25 PM
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Swith appears in Merriam-Webster's.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
#161795 08/27/06 06:45 PM
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chiefly dialect : INSTANTLY, QUICKLY

yeahbut, the forcibly or strongly sense is obsolete, last attested by OED from 1398!

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I didn't know crosswords were popular in 1398


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