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to support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.)

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a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation

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asserted to be true or to exist

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the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)

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a member of a city legislative body

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rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees

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any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms

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to make slow or difficult the progress of

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to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office

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one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling