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SEEDTIME
seedtime
(noun) the time during which seeds should be planted
seedtime
(noun) any time of new development
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
seedtime (countable and uncountable, plural seedtimes)
The time to sow seeds.
(figurative) A time for new development.
Source: Wiktionary
Seed"time`, n. Etym: [AS. s.]
Definition: The season proper for sowing. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Gen. viii. 22.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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13 November 2024
OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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