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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Stem \Stem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stemming}.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf. G. stemmen to press against.] To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current. [bd]An argosy to stem the waves.[b8] --Shak. [They] stem the flood with their erected breasts. --Denham. Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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stemming {stemmer} | |
