catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

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       The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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                   This dictionary was derived from the
                 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
                          Version published 1913
                       by the  C. & G. Merriam Co.
                            Springfield, Mass.
                          Under the direction of
                         Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.
  
                                 and from
                  WordNet, a semantic network created by
                     the Cognitive Science Department
                         of Princeton University
                          under the direction of
                           Prof. George Miller
  
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            an open coalition of volunteer collaborators from
                            around the world.
  
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     Last edit May 16, 2001.