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Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing. →
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An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. →
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Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another. →
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That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb. →