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   at a lower place
         adv 1: in or to a place that is lower [syn: {below}, {at a lower
                  place}, {to a lower place}, {beneath}] [ant: {above},
                  {higher up}, {in a higher place}, {to a higher place}]

English Dictionary: at large by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
at large
adv
  1. in a general fashion; "he talked at large about his plans"
    Synonym(s): at large, in a broad way
adj
  1. having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
    Synonym(s): at large(p), escaped, loose, on the loose(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atelier
n
  1. a studio especially for an artist or designer [syn: artist's workroom, atelier]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
n
  1. Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)
    Synonym(s): Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Right \Right\, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.]
      1. That which is right or correct. Specifically:
            (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to
                  lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt,
                  -- the opposite of moral wrong.
            (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood;
                  adherence to truth or fact.
  
                           Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always
                           in the right.                              --Prior.
            (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or
                  proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
  
                           Long love to her has borne the faithful knight,
                           And well deserved, had fortune done him right.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically:
            (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact.
  
                           There are no rights whatever, without
                           corresponding duties.                  --Coleridge.
            (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to
                  exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a
                  right to arrest a criminal.
            (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a
                  claim to possess or own; the interest or share which
                  anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim;
                  interest; ownership.
  
                           Born free, he sought his right.   --Dryden.
  
                           Hast thou not right to all created things?
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                           Men have no right to what is not reasonable.
                                                                              --Burke.
            (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
  
      3. The right side; the side opposite to the left.
  
                     Led her to the Souldan's right.         --Spenser.
  
      4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those
            members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists.
            See {Center}, 5.
  
      5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of
            cloth, a carpet, etc.
  
      {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a
            declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See
            under {Bill}.
  
      {By right}, {By rights}, [or] {By good rights}, rightly;
            properly; correctly.
  
                     He should himself use it by right.      --Chaucer.
  
                     I should have been a woman by right.   --Shak.
  
      {Divine right}, [or]
  
      {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal
            theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no
            misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a
            monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience
            of the people.
  
      {To rights}.
            (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward.
            (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift.
  
      {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order;
            to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.
  
      {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in
            fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner.
            --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Large \Large\, a. [Compar. {Larger}; superl. {Largest}.] [F.,
      fr. L. largus. Cf. {Largo}.]
      1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk,
            capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of
            constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; --
            opposed to {small}; as, a large horse; a large house or
            room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large
            vineyard; a large army; a large city.
  
      Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not
               large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length,
               breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.
  
      2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
  
                     We hare yet large day.                        --Milton.
  
      3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
  
                     I might be very large upon the importance and
                     advantages of education.                     -- Felton.
  
      4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad
            sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said
            of the mind and heart.
  
      5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]
  
                     Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax.
  
      6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.]
            [bd]Some large jests he will make.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a
            favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam,
            or between the beam and the quarter.
  
      {At large}.
            (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large;
                  to be left at large.
            (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse
                  on a subject at large.
  
      {Common at large}. See under {Common}, n.
  
      {Electors at large}, {Representative at large}, electors, or
            a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the
            whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to
            represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.]
  
      {To give, go, run, [or] sail large} (Naut.), to have the wind
            crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way
            that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains
            its highest speed. See {Large}, a., 8.
  
      Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample;
               abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive;
               liberal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   At \At\, prep. [AS. [91]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel.
      at, Sw. [86]t, Dan. & L. ad.]
      Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence,
      nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the
      ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less
      definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the
      house. From this original import are derived all the various
      uses of at. It expresses:
  
      1. A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on,
            something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at
            school; at hand; at sea and on land.
  
      2. The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at
            peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at
            risk; at disadvantage.
  
      3. The relation of some employment or action; occupied with;
            as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat
            (eating); except at puns.
  
      4. The relation of a point or position in a series, or of
            degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at
            80[deg]; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated
            at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
  
      5. The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock;
            at twenty-one; at once; at first.
  
      6. The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or
            effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything;
            at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require,
            receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
  
      7. Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at
            it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike,
            shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
  
      {At all}, {At home}, {At large}, {At last}, {At length}, {At
      once}, etc. See under {All}, {Home}, {Large}, {Last} (phrase
            and syn.), {Length}, {Once}, etc.
  
      {At it}, busily or actively engaged.
  
      {At least}. See {Least} and {However}.
  
      {At one}. See {At one}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      Syn: {In}, {At}.
  
      Usage: When reference to the interior of any place is made
                  prominent in is used. It is used before the names of
                  countries and cities (esp. large cities); as, we live
                  in America, in New York, in the South. At is commonly
                  employed before names of houses, institutions,
                  villages, and small places; as, Milton was educated at
                  Christ's College; money taken in at the Customhouse; I
                  saw him at the jeweler's; we live at Beachville. At
                  may be used before the name of a city when it is
                  regarded as a mere point of locality. [bd]An English
                  king was crowned at Paris.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Jean
                  Jacques Rousseau was born at Geneva, June, 28,
                  1712.[b8] --J. Morley. In regard to time, we say at
                  the hour, on the day, in the year; as, at 9 o'clock,
                  on the morning of July 5th, in the year 1775.
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