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Sweven means 鈥渁 vision; a dream.鈥� It comes from Middle English sweven (with nearly 20 variant spellings) 鈥渁 dream in sleep, a dream-vision or supernatural vision appearing while one is awake,鈥� all of which occurred in Old English swefen, swefn (in Old English especially as regards revelatory or premonitory dreams in the Bible). Sweven is related to Old Norse svefn, Sanskrit 蝉惫谩辫苍补-, Old Church Slavonic 蝉怒苍怒, Greek 丑媒辫苍辞蝉, Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Welsh hun, all meaning 鈥渟leep and/or dream.鈥� All of the 鈥渄aughter鈥� forms derive from the Proto-Indo-European root swep-, swop-, sup– 鈥渢o sleep.鈥�
how is sweven used?
She wakened Earl Harold out of his sweven, to don his harness on …
The King with the Hundred Knights mette a wonder dream two nights afore the battle …. All that heard of the sweven said it was a token of great battle.
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proceleusmatic
adjective
inciting, animating, or inspiring.
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Unless you like studying ancient Greek metrics, you are not likely ever to see proceleusmatic. The term entered English in the early 18th century as a noun referring to a metrical foot consisting of four short syllables (and also more reasonably called a tetrabrach, literally 鈥渇our shorts鈥�).聽Proceleusmatic comes via Latin proceleu(s)maticus from Greek 辫谤辞办别濒别耻蝉尘补迟颈办贸蝉 (also 辫谤辞办别濒别耻尘补迟颈办贸蝉) the name of the foot, a derivative of the verb (辫谤辞)办别濒别煤别颈苍 鈥渢o give orders.鈥� One of the derivatives of 办别濒别煤别颈苍, the agent noun 办别濒别耻蝉迟岣梥, means 鈥渃oxswain, one who beats time for the rowers,鈥� referring specifically to the very quick rhythm to incite rowers of triremes (light, fast warships) charging into battle to ram enemy ships. Four shorts constantly beating would do the trick.
how is proceleusmatic used?
The strokes of the sickle were timed by the modulation of the harvest-song, in which all their voices were united. … The ancient proceleusmatic song, by which the rowers of galleys were animated, may be supposed to have been of this kind.
Boss had replied that Clinton’s tenure as governor of his state had been “proceleusmatic,” whatever that meant, but he didn’t have any presidential aspirations himself…
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grubstake
noun
money or other assistance furnished at a time of need or of starting an enterprise.
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Grubstake 鈥渕oney or other assistance furnished at a time of need or of starting an enterprise,鈥� was originally American mining slang that first appeared in the Far West of the U.S. (Montana) in 1863. It originally referred to provisions or gear furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries. The grub in grubstake is British and American slang for food; stake is 鈥渟omething wagered in a game, or race or a monetary or commercial interest or investment in an enterprise in hope of gain.鈥�
how is grubstake used?
In short order, the team turned the partners’ $10 million grubstake into $100 million.
He told Westerberg he planned on staying until April 15, just long enough to put together a grubstake. He needed a pile of new gear, he explained, because he was going to Alaska.
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