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OP Dear WW: I remember it too. But dictionaries online were not so easy to find then, particularly ones that gave obsolete definitions. Wonderful how new resources keep appearing. Just the other day I found a new and better source for French words. Also there is now a lot more German things. Actually that usage of "peremptory" is a sort of crypto-ellipsis: it only makes sense if you mentally supply the word "manner" or some similar word.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted peremptory wwh 11/02/03 04:50 PM Re: peremptory Bingley 11/03/03 07:03 AM Re: peremptory Wordwind 11/03/03 07:44 PM Re: peremptory wwh 11/04/03 12:14 AM Re: peremptory Zed 11/04/03 12:02 AM
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