Word

The >>Word of the Day<< today over at dictionary.com is >>oblation<<.

>>Oblation<< comes from the past participle form of the Latin verb* >>offerre<< meaning >>to bring<<.

So, an oblation is an offering or a gift.

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* A Latin verb is traditionally cited by giving four forms, in this case: offero, offerre, obtuli, oblatum.

on Mar 22nd 2001, 02:07:31, Natasha Jordan wrote the following about

word

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

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And how much courage.

Spaces define which letters to together to make up a word.

»Therefore« is a word the poet must not know.

(Andre Gide)

What I feel for you,
I can't put in words,
language won't hold
my desire.

mortar my words
with particles
prepositions
adverbs
and conjunctions

There is a purity in words that cannot be sullied by their use.

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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

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 – Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
 – An Essay on Criticism [1711], pt. II, l. 109

The best way to discover new words is by reading a book.

The web of words wraps round the whole wide world, concealing the secret numbers underneath.

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Words are like prodigies. They may want to stay inside where it is safe and warm but they'll never live if they never play outside...and find themselves lost in the cold.

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds.

Words are the best toys you can give your brain.