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   in a low voice
         adv 1: in an undertone; "he uttered a curse sotto voce" [syn:
                  {sotto voce}, {in a low voice}]

English Dictionary: in love by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in all probability
adv
  1. with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
    Synonym(s): probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in love
adj
  1. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her"
    Synonym(s): enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inelaborate
adj
  1. not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail [syn: inelaborate, unelaborate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Immalleable \Im*mal"le*a*ble\, a.
      Not maleable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Half \Half\, n.; pl. {Halves}. [AS. healf. See {Half}, a.]
      1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
  
                     The four halves of the house.            --Chaucer.
  
      2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided,
            or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as,
            a half of an apple.
  
                     Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between
                     us.                                                   --Tennyson.
  
      {Better half}. See under {Better}.
  
      {In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly
            instead of in [or] into halves; as, to cut in half.
            [Colloq.] --Dickens.
  
      {In, [or] On}, {one's half}, in one's behalf; on one's part.
            [Obs.]
  
      {To cry halves}, to claim an equal share with another.
  
      {To go halves}, to share equally between two.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to
      bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel},
      {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.]
      1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything
            is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a
            whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as
            going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity,
            mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a
            fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
  
                     And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a
                     certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.
                                                                              --Acts v. 2.
  
                     Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not
                     contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke.
  
                     I am a part of all that I have met.   --Tennyson.
  
      2. Hence, specifically:
            (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many
                  like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is
                  divided, or of which it is composed; proportional
                  division or ingredient.
  
                           An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex.
                                                                              xvi. 36.
  
                           A thought which, quartered, hath but one part
                           wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak.
            (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole;
                  a member; an organ; an essential element.
  
                           All the parts were formed . . . into one
                           harmonious body.                           --Locke.
  
                           The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble.
            (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality;
                  faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a
                  collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8]
                  --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                           Which maintained so politic a state of evil,
                           that they will not admit any good part to
                           intermingle with them.                  --Shak.
            (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
                  [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9.
  
                           All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and
                           fears.                                          --Dryden.
            (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a
                  certain number of times, will exactly make that
                  quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of
                  multiple. Also, a line or other element of a
                  geometrical figure.
  
      3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or
            which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share;
            portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
  
                     We have no part in David.                  --2 Sam. xx.
                                                                              1.
  
                     Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou
                     but thine.                                          --Milton.
  
                     Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. Hence, specifically:
            (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or
                  a controversy; a faction.
  
                           For he that is not against us is on our part.
                                                                              --Mark ix. 40.
  
                           Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
                                                                              --Waller.
            (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an
                  assumed personification; also, the language, actions,
                  and influence of a character or an actor in a play;
                  or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part},
                  under {Act}.
  
                           That part Was aptly fitted and naturally
                           performed.                                    --Shak.
  
                           It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a
                           calf.                                          --Shak.
  
                           Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well
                           your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope.
            (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted
                  composition, which heard in union compose its harmony;
                  also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the
                  treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
  
      {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share.
  
      {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a.
  
      {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a
            friendly manner. --Hooker.
  
      {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure.
  
      {In part}, in some degree; partly.
  
      {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a
            reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and
            kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race
            and place.[b8] --Howitt.
  
      {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a
            particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech
            denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech
            which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.
  
      {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in
            common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}.
  
      {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic
            parts are taken.
  
      {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct
            vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in
            its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in
            its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to
            each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett.
  
      Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece;
               share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E.
      lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be
      lustful. See {Lief}.]
      1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
            delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or
            devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
            of brothers and sisters.
  
                     Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest
                     sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own.
                                                                              --Keble.
  
      2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
            affection for, one of the opposite sex.
  
                     He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of
                     cordial love Hung over her enamored.   --Milton.
  
      3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
            to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
  
                     Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter,
                     Helena, And won her soul.                  --Shak.
  
      4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
            desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often
            with of and an object.
  
                     Love, and health to all.                     --Shak.
  
                     Smit with the love of sacred song.      --Milton.
  
                     The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
                                                                              --Fenton.
  
      5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
  
                     Keep yourselves in the love of God.   --Jude 21.
  
      6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
            address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Open the temple gates unto my love.   --Spenser.
  
      7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
  
                     Such was his form as painters, when they show Their
                     utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.      --Dryden.
  
                     Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
  
      9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}).
  
      10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
            counting score at tennis, etc.
  
                     He won the match by three sets to love. --The
                                                                              Field.
  
      Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
               most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
               love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
               love-taught, etc.
  
      {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard
            for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
            without expectation of reward.
  
      {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
            of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
            {Free love}.
  
      {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love.
  
      {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
            the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
  
      {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato.
  
      {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small,
            short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
            {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from
            Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
            celebrated for the affection which they show for their
            mates.
  
      {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between
            lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
  
      {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
  
      {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
            adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
  
      {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love.
  
      {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
            religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
            in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians.
  
      {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
  
      {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
            person or party does not score a point.
  
      {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
            {Eragrostis}.
  
      {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.)
            (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena})
                  having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
                  bracts.
            (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has
                  similar bracts.
  
      {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
  
                     A little western flower, Before milk-white, now
                     purple with love's wound; And maidens call it
                     love-in-idleness.                              --Shak.
  
      {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
            --Shak.
  
      {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
            being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
            affection. --Milman.
  
      {Love lass}, a sweetheart.
  
      {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth
            ({Amarantus melancholicus}).
  
      {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone.
  
      {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
            or venereal desire.
  
      {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope
  
      {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
            stage.
  
      {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means.
            [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come
            back again.[b8] --Holinshed.
  
      {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid.
  
      {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If
            you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without
            stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb.
  
      Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
               delight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inelaborate \In`e*lab"o*rate\, a. [L. inelaboratus. See {In-}
      not, and {Elaborate}.]
      Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude;
      unfinished.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inlapidate \In*lap"i*date\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + L. lapis,
      lapidis, stone.]
      To convert into a stony substance; to petrity. [R.] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inlive \In*live"\, v. t.
      To animate. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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