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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Imuriate.
[You seem to think that concrete foreign policy changes on the part of the United States and the west will imuriate these issues]
(he(the one who said the sentence above) is talking about the mounting tension between the US and the Muslim nation-about the fact that a growing number of Muslims all over the world hate America for what it's doing to Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan) Anyway,
that's not what I wanna know about.
Now my question is why can't I locate the word ((imuriate)) in any dictionary? lol I'm 100% sure it's a again a spelling mistake.
I hope Mister Michawber is still around.
I need your professional help.
PS. Incase anyone was wondering what I'm doing. I'm watching a very interesting debate on Fora TV
..where lots lots of tough hard hitting complex words are slapping my ears one after another. .. and poor me I had to replay everypart several times. I believe I can debate. I think i should debate somebody over something any thing.. lol
Thanks a zillion in advance
(he(the one who said the sentence above) is talking about the mounting tension between the US and the Muslim nation-about the fact that a growing number of Muslims all over the world hate America for what it's doing to Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan) Anyway,
that's not what I wanna know about.Now my question is why can't I locate the word ((imuriate)) in any dictionary? lol I'm 100% sure it's a again a spelling mistake.
I hope Mister Michawber is still around.
I need your professional help.PS. Incase anyone was wondering what I'm doing. I'm watching a very interesting debate on Fora TV
..where lots lots of tough hard hitting complex words are slapping my ears one after another. .. and poor me I had to replay everypart several times. I believe I can debate. I think i should debate somebody over something any thing.. lolThanks a zillion in advance
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In terms of meaning, I'm thinking "ameliorate," (opposite of "exascerbate") but the sounds would be hard to confuse. - A. Edit.
- In terms of meaning, I'm thinking "ameliorate," (opposite of "exascerbate") but the sounds would be hard to confuse.
- - A.
- Edit.
- I guess you must have found "muriate," which is a noun related to the chemistry of hydrochloric/muriatic acid, which is added to swimming pools to clean them up.
- Maybe there's a connection.
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In terms of meaning, I'm thinking "ameliorate," (opposite of "exascerbate") but the sounds would be hard to confuse. - A.
Edit. I guess you must have found "muriate," which is a noun related to the chemistry of hydrochloric/muriatic acid, which is added to swimming pools to clean them up. Maybe there's a connection.
Looks like your word is used in Italian with a double-m.
Edit. I guess you must have found "muriate," which is a noun related to the chemistry of hydrochloric/muriatic acid, which is added to swimming pools to clean them up. Maybe there's a connection.
Looks like your word is used in Italian with a double-m.
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Thank you avangi,
Just want point out one thing, I'm sure there was an ''Imm" as in Implementsound to it not an ''a''.
Just want point out one thing, I'm sure there was an ''Imm" as in Implementsound to it not an ''a''.
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I wouldn't give up on us yet!
What country was the speaker from who used the term?
What country was the speaker from who used the term?
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Ah! You didn't read that, you heard it! Which means it's impossible to tell for sure, because it depends on what your perception of the word was, the speaker's accent, and how you spelled it. Can you upload an audio clip? Often, in fast speech, what you hear is not what people really say, because there might be missing consonants that are not perceived, so you need to guess from the context.
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Another possibility is a garble of "immure / immurement".
Immure means to entomb or isolate living people in an enclosed space, so that they will die.from lack of sustenance.
Edgar Allan Poe seems to have entertained a bizarre obsession with this form of torture, as it appears in several of his works, including "The Cask of Amontillado." Montresor, the narrator, immures his enem
Immure means to entomb or isolate living people in an enclosed space, so that they will die.from lack of sustenance.
Edgar Allan Poe seems to have entertained a bizarre obsession with this form of torture, as it appears in several of his works, including "The Cask of Amontillado." Montresor, the narrator, immures his enem
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Thank you guys for helping out.
Kooyeen, I read your PM and checked again. I have nine in Italian and two in English, which I can't make out. Most are 1600's and 1700's as you say. Two are 1839. One copy of an 1886 Brooklyn Daily Eagle - column "Cable News From Europe.," which I can't read.
A.Stars - Wasn't The Tell-tale Heart on that theme also? I think I read it abo
Kooyeen, I read your PM and checked again. I have nine in Italian and two in English, which I can't make out. Most are 1600's and 1700's as you say. Two are 1839. One copy of an 1886 Brooklyn Daily Eagle - column "Cable News From Europe.," which I can't read.
A.Stars - Wasn't The Tell-tale Heart on that theme also? I think I read it abo
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Hi,
'Immure' is a good suggestion.
But very, very unlikely in the given context, which sounds like TV analysis.
Nor would it fit the given syntax, in terms of making sense.
Clive
'Immure' is a good suggestion.
But very, very unlikely in the given context, which sounds like TV analysis.
Nor would it fit the given syntax, in terms of making sense.Clive
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I think it fits in a figurative sense - the US wants to cut off or supress all discussion, debate, etc. on these issues, so they just die.
In other words, their policies strive to bury the issues.
In other words, their policies strive to bury the issues.
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