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Tim Lodge
April 13th, 2018, 03:23 PM
Here we hav e 12 defs of the word PUTATORY, only one of which came from my
dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this
messgae, before the deadline of:
10:00 BST on Sunday15th April
11:00 CET
5:00 AM EDT
4:00 AM PDT
19:00 AEST in Melbourne
21:00 NZDT in New Zealand
-- Tim L
*** PUTATORY ***
1. vindictive.
2. unfullfilled.
3. the heir to a regency.
4. [Obs.] alleged; implied.
5. pertaining to male descendants.
6. something temporary; a place-holder.
7. of or relating to the pruning of trees.
8. a quiet place for study or introspection.
9. inconsequential; inoperative; futile; trifling.
10. accepted or believed as true, regardless of fact.
11. dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome.
12. a place for developing ideas, strategies, or products; a
think-tank
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nancygoat
April 13th, 2018, 03:51 PM
I'll take 5 and 10, both too relevant to our current situation in the US.
Nancy
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Tim B
April 13th, 2018, 04:03 PM
9 and 10, please.
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Tim Bourne.
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Judy Madnick
April 13th, 2018, 04:14 PM
6. something temporary; a place-holder.
11. dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome.
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Daniel Widdis
April 14th, 2018, 03:19 AM
7 and 12 please
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Guerri Stevens
April 14th, 2018, 09:22 AM
I vote for 10 and 11.
Guerri
On 4/13/2018 4:23 PM, Tim Lodge wrote:
> 10. accepted or believed as true, regardless of fact.
>
> 11. dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome.
>
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Efrem G Mallach
April 14th, 2018, 03:51 PM
#4 and #10 seem to be somehow (albeit distantly) related, so I'll go with them. Maybe I like #10 because it seems connected to the news these days.
Efrem
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> On Apr 13, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
>
> Here we hav e 12 defs of the word PUTATORY, only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this messgae, before the deadline of:
>
> 10:00 BST on Sunday15th April
> 11:00 CET
> 5:00 AM EDT
> 4:00 AM PDT
> 19:00 AEST in Melbourne
> 21:00 NZDT in New Zealand
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** PUTATORY ***
>
> 4. [Obs.] alleged; implied.
>
> 10. accepted or believed as true, regardless of fact.
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Tony Abell
April 14th, 2018, 07:31 PM
I'll take 2 because it's plausible and 7 because it absolutely is not:
> Â*2. Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* unfullfilled.
>
> Â*7. Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* of or relating to the pruning of trees.
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Shani Naylor
April 14th, 2018, 10:09 PM
I'll vote for 1 & 4:
1. vindictive.
4. [Obs.] alleged; implied.
On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
> Here we hav e 12 defs of the word PUTATORY, only one of which came from my
> dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this
> messgae, before the deadline of:
>
> 10:00 BST on Sunday15th April
> 11:00 CET
> 5:00 AM EDT
> 4:00 AM PDT
> 19:00 AEST in Melbourne
> 21:00 NZDT in New Zealand
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** PUTATORY ***
>
> 1. vindictive.
>
> 2. unfullfilled.
>
> 3. the heir to a regency.
>
> 4. [Obs.] alleged; implied.
>
> 5. pertaining to male descendants.
>
> 6. something temporary; a place-holder.
>
> 7. of or relating to the pruning of trees.
>
> 8. a quiet place for study or introspection.
>
> 9. inconsequential; inoperative; futile; trifling.
>
> 10. accepted or believed as true, regardless of fact.
>
> 11. dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome.
>
> 12. a place for developing ideas, strategies, or products; a
> think-tank
>
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