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Obs. 1412/1420 2.a. One who conducts, negotiates, or transacts matters on behalf of another or others; a representative, agent, or deputy.
Who Said I Lied? (because I never) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Obs. 3.a. One properly qualified and formally admitted to practise as a law-agent in any court; formerly, one practising in a court of equity, as distinguished from an attorney.
Who Said I Lied? (because I never) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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[Obs.] – Shak. or noun someone who pays for goods or services or
Remote Inspector Gadget « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Obs. a1330 Roland & V. 863 His ventail he gan vn-lace & smot of his heued in e place.
Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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Obs. a1529 SKELTON Col. Cloute 400 [The nuns] Must cast vp theyr blacke vayles, And set vp theyr fucke sayles, To catch wynde with their ventales.
Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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Another pair that I haven't seen mentioned in usage manuals is cohabit/cohabitate--the OED marks the latter "Obs. rare" and has only one quotation from 1633.
On being orient(at)ed DC 2010
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Obs.: se ele fosse em português seria tudo de bom!!!
Hug somebody today, okay? Jessica Hagy 2007
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Obs. Posted by: Lorelle at March 17, 2009 7: 24 AM
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In an opinion piece in Monday's edition of French daily Le Figaro, Mr Sarkozy, who currently holds the EU's six month presidency, wrote that the Lisbon Treaty would have given the bloc the tools it needed to handle the Moscow-Tbilisi war. writes EU Obs.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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In an opinion piece in Monday's edition of French daily Le Figaro, Mr Sarkozy, who currently holds the EU's six month presidency, wrote that the Lisbon Treaty would have given the bloc the tools it needed to handle the Moscow-Tbilisi war. writes EU Obs.
Oh look, I was right 2008
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