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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, a. [F. tant so much (L. tantus) + E.
amount.]
Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
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A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right.
--Hallam.
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The certainty that delay, under these circumstances,
was tantamount to ruin. --De Quincey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, v. i.
To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
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