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SENNIGHT
Etymology
Noun
sennight (plural sennights)
(archaic) A period of seven nights; a week.
Synonyms
• (seven nights): week
Adverb
sennight (not comparable)
(archaic) After a sennight has passed.
(archaic) A sennight ago.
Anagrams
• nightens
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"night, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. sevennight.]
Definition: The space of seven nights and days; a week. [Written also se'nnight.] [Archaic.] Shak. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GRIP
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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