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#176772 05/09/2008 3:14 PM
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Fal in a nearby thread uses the term and so I had to look it up:

http://onelook.com/?w=micturate+&ls=a

Thus Type-1 = pee, -2, = urinate, -3 = micturate

But my question is this: If you use OneLook as often as I, which of the many sources available there do you find most complete and authoritative


dalehileman
dalehileman #176774 05/09/2008 3:25 PM
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1. Merriam-Webster (esp. for meaning)
2. American Heritage [AHD4] (esp. for derivation)
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z. wiktionary

-joe (YMMV) friday

tsuwm #176776 05/09/2008 7:46 PM
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I'm with tsuwm. M-W and AHD4 take care of most things for me. Occasionally I'll go to one of the more esoteric dictionaries if I'm looking up a word in a, well, esoteric context.


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