Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
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EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition.
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MINE, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.
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HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable as, 'the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur.'
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PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.
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