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Re: Paradoxical intention.
Posted By: Sam, on host 209.6.138.216
Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999, at 12:29:38
In Reply To: Paradoxical intention. posted by Wolfspirit on Sunday, July 25, 1999, at 12:13:45:

> However when I look it up in my Collin's Dictionary, there are two apparently contrary definitions.
>
> 1. To read or examine with care.
> 2. To browse or read in a leisurely way (!)

Bad dictionary! Bad! Bad! Bad! (Get the feeling I'm adamant about word definitions?)

Webster's New World:

1. To read carefully; study
2. To read

American Heritage:

1. To read or examine, especially with great care.

Time to replace Collin's with one that doesn't adopt notorious verbal blunders as legitimate definitions. :-)

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