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A.Word.A.Day--exuviate What to give to the person who has everything? Give the gift of words. Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio exuviate (ig-ZOO-vee-ayt) verb tr. To shed or cast off (a covering). verb intr. To shed or cast off exuviae; molt. [Exuvi (ae), Latin, from exuere, to take off + -ate.] "SI on the other hand never seemed able to exuviate its image as a `fixed income house' ...." R.N.M. Upton, Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., Investext Reports, 19 Feb 1999. This week's theme: verbs. X-Bonus When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out. -Otto von Bismarck

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