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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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adjective

Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.

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sine

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/saɪn/Used In Literature ↓

In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

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qua sinewave sinewaves sinedie sinefunction sinecurve sinesine conditiosine et
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Poetry examples for sine

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animum nostrum sciat, quem sciuit antequam crearemur ... abundè ergo

constantibus uiris ascripserim, quisquis is fuerit, qui pro Deo suo sine

murmure patiatur.' I find no hint that Chaucer was directly influenced by

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