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Get ahead in life with a degree earned ONLINE from one of our nationally recognized partner universities. Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's degree in Art, Healthcare, Business and more. Request FREE information from the university of your choice at ALL ONLINE SCHOOLS today. To learn more visit - http://www.allonlineschools.com/?src=dd050114_nl \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/ Word of the Day for Friday January 14, 2005 slake \SLAYK\, transitive verb: 1. To satisfy; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. 2. To cause to lessen; to make less active or intense; to moderate; as, slaking his anger. 3. To cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water. intransitive verb: To become slaked; to crumble or disintegrate, as lime. My companions never drink pure water and the... beer serves as much to slake their thirst as to fill their stomachs and lubricate conversation. --Philippe Descola, [1]The Spears of Twilight She had the money he gave her (never enough to slake her anxieties). --Nuala O'Faolain, [2]Are You Somebody _________________________________________________________ Slake comes from Middle English slaken, "to become or render slack," hence "to abate," from Old English slacian, from sl�c, "slack." References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565844386/ref%3Dnosim/lexico 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805056645/ref%3Dnosim/lexico Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=slake Note: Audio pronunciation available only to Premium members. To learn more about the benefits of Premium membership, visit our site: http://dictionary.reference.com/premium/?r=9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Dictionary.com Toolbar for Internet Explorer: the world's lightest reference library. It's free! http://tinyurl.com/2swc5 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: [email protected] To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
