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Synonyular, typical, usual

That which is _natural_ is according to nature; that which is _nor to the standard or rule which is observed or claimed to prevail in nature; a deformity may be _natural_, symmetry is _normal_; the _normal_ color of the crow is black, while the _norray, but one is as _natural_ as the other _Typical_ refers to such an asseenus, etc, a type of soroup, while _norle object; the specimen was _typical_; color, size, and other characteristics, _nor to rule, hence that which is steady and constant, as opposed to that which is fitful and changeable; the _norular_ That which is _cos; disease is _common_, a _normal_ state of health is rare Coular, peculiar, singular, unprecedented, exceptional, monstrous, rare, uncommon, unusual

NOTWITHSTANDING, _conj_

Synonyh), but, however, still, yet

_However_ simply waives discussion, and (like the archaic _howbeit_) says ”be that as it may, this is true;” _nevertheless_ concedes the truth of what precedes, but clai_ marshals the two state contradiction to the other, while insisting that it can not, after all, withstand the other; as, _notwithstanding_ the force of the enemy is superior, we shall conquer _Yet_ and _still_ are weaker than _notwithstanding_, while stronger than _but_ _Tho_ and _altho_it, as it were, incidentally; as, ”_tho_ we are guilty, thou art good;” to say ”we are guilty, _but_ thou art good,” would uilt more emphatic Compare BUT; YET

NOTWITHSTANDING, _prep_

Synony_ simply states that circumstances shall not be or have not been allowed to withstand; _despite_ and _in spite of_ refer primarily to personal and perhaps spiteful opposition; as, he failed _notwithstanding_ his good intentions; or, he persevered _in spite of_ the most bitter hostility When _despite_ and _in spite of_ are applied to inani of personification; ”_in spite of_ the storm” is said as if the stor

OATH

Synony, affidavit, cursing, profanity, anathe, blasphe, imprecation, sworn statehest sense, as in a court of justice, ”an _oath_ is a reverent appeal to God in corroboration of what one says,” ABBOTT _Law Dict_; an _affidavit_ is a _sworn state in the presence of a competent officer; an _adjuration_ is a solemn appeal to a person in the name of God to speak the truth An _oath_ is made to man in the name of God; a _vow_, to God without the intervention, often without the knowledge, of man In the lower sense, an _oath_ _ _Anathema_, _curse_, _execration_, and _ieance or retribution froainst whom they are uttered

_Anathema_ is a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a person or of a proposition _Curse_ may be just and authoritative; as, the _curse_ of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: ”so the _curse_ causeless shall not come,” _Prov_ xxvi, 2 _Execration_ expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; _i of the desired evil upon the person against whoeneral wish of evil, a less usual but very expressive word Compare TESTIMONY

Antony

OBSCURE

Synonyuous, deep, enigmatical, muddy, cloudy, dense, hidden, mysterious, complex, difficult, incomprehensible, profound, complicated, diible

That is _obscure_ which the eye or the h, whether because of its oant of transparency, its depth or intricacy, or because of ht That which is _complicated_ is likely to be _obscure_, but that may be _obscure_ which is not at all _complicated_ and scarcely _complex_, as a _muddy_ pool

In that which is _abstruse_ (L _abs_, from, and _trudo_, push) as if reht or out of the way of apprehension or discovery, the thought is remote, _hidden_; in that which is _obscure_ thereto hide; it is hard to see to the bottom of the _profound_, because of its depth, but the most shallow turbidness is _obscure_ Compare COMPLEX; DARK; DIFFICULT; MYSTERIOUS