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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Crusade' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Crusade \Cru*sade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crusaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusading}.] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. [bd]Cease crusading against sense.[b8] --M. Green. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Crusade \Cru*sade"\ (kr?-s?d"), n. [F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. {Croisade}, {Crosado}, and see {Cross}.] 1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans. 2. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance. 3. A Portuguese coin. See {Crusado}. | |
