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Possible definitions for diallage
enallage
enallage
n : a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or
tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I')
pillage
pillage
n 1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {booty}, {plunder},
{prize}, {swag}, {dirty money}]
2: the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the
plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great
authors" [syn: {plundering}, {pillaging}]
pillage
v : steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {strip}, {rifle},
{ransack}, {foray}]
tillage
tillage
n 1: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising
crops [syn: {cultivated land}, {farmland}, {plowland}, {ploughland},
{tilled land}, {tilth}]
2: the cultivation of soil for raising crops
village
village
n 1: a community of people smaller than a town [syn: {small town},
{settlement}]
2: a settlement smaller than a town [syn: {hamlet}]
3: a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village'
became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th
century [syn: {Greenwich Village}]
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