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  • 1 quiēscō

        quiēscō ēvī (quiērunt, V.; quiērim, C.; quiēssem, T., H.; quiēsset, T.; quiēsse, C., L.), ētus, ere    [quies], to rest, repose, keep quiet, be inactive, be at peace: placidā compostus pace quiescit, V.: non somno quiescere, get no rest, Cu.: Quid faciam? ‘quiescas,’ do nothing, H.: Indoctus pilae quiescit, does not play, H.: Quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset! which we might easily have been spared, T.— To rest, sleep, be asleep: eo cum venio, praetor quiescebat: casa, in quā quiescebat, N.—In war, to be inactive, make no movement: per paucos dies, L.: pavore mutuo iniecto velut torpentes quieverunt, L.— To keep in retirement, take no part, be neutral: scribis Peducaeo probari, quod quierim.— To acquiesce, quietly permit: quiescat (Caesar) rem adduci ad interregnum.— To pause, make a pause, keep silence, be still: quiesce, T.: quiescere, id est h(suxa/zein.— To rest, lie still, be still, be quiet, be undisturbed: ager qui multos annos quievit, lay fallow: nec umquam quieturas Syracusas, donec, etc., L.: flamma, ceases to burn, V.: quierunt Aequora, the waves are laid, V.: felicius ossa quiescant, O.: quiescunt voces, are silent, O.— To be calm, be unruffled, be composed: quiescas, T.: Quaeso, ego dabo, quiesce, T.—Fig., to be inactive, be powerless: ista potentia quiescit.
    * * *
    quiescere, quievi, quietus V
    rest, keep quiet/calm, be at peace/rest; be inactive/neutral; permit; sleep

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  • 2 cessō

        cessō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [1 cedo], to be remiss, delay, loiter, cease from, stop, give over: paulum, T.: odiosa cessas, you are delaying shamefully, T.: in suo studio: ab apparatu operum nihil cessatum, L.: Quidquid apud durae cessatum est moenia Troiae, whatever delay there was, V.: audaciā, to lack spirit, L.: quid cessas? Tb.: quor cessas? T.: cessas in vota? V.: ego nunc mihi cesso, i. e. to my hurt, T.: pultare ostium, T.: mori, H.—Of persons, to be inactive, be idle, be unoccupied, do nothing: cur deos cessare patitur? si quid cessare potes, V.: Dum cessant aliae, O.: cessare et ludere, H.: Cessatum usque adhuc est, T.: Semel hic cessavit, played truant, H.: amori, to have leisure for, Pr.—Of things, to be at rest, rest, be still, be inactive, be unused, pause, cease, stop: quid ita cessarunt pedes? Ph.: Cessat opus, O.: cessat ira deae, L.: cessasse ferunt aras, i. e. remained unsought, O.: Cessantem amphoram, i. e. long unopened, H.: cessaturae casae, O.: tonsas cessare novalīs, to lie fallow, V.: cessat voluntas? i. e. does he hesitate? H.: Cessata tempora cursu Corrigit, makes up for lost time, O.—Supin. acc.: cessatum ducere curam, lay at rest, H.
    * * *
    cessare, cessavi, cessatus V INTRANS
    be remiss/inactive; hold back, leave off, delay, cease from; rest; be free of

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  • 3 relinquo

    rĕ-linquo, līqui, lictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    (With the idea of the re predominating.) To leave behind (cf. desero, omitto).
    A.
    In gen., to leave behind by removing one's self; to leave, move away from; to leave, abandon (a person or thing).
    1.
    Lit.:

    puerum apud matrem domi,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 28:

    ipse abiit foras, me reliquit pro atriensi in sedibus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 4:

    me filiis Relinquont quasi magistrum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 22:

    dicerent non me plane de provinciā decessisse, quoniam alterum me reliquissem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

    C. Fabium legatum cum legionibus II. castris praesidio relinquit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    cum me servum in servitute pro te hic reliqueris,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 18:

    fratrem, sc. in provinciā,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

    post tergum hostem relinquere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf. id. ib. 7, 11:

    ille omnibus precibus petere contendit, ut in Galliā relinqueretur,

    might be left behind, id. ib. 5, 6:

    greges pecorum... sub opacā valle reliquit,

    Ov. M. 11, 277 et saep.:

    ea causa miles hic reliquit symbolum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 53:

    hic exemplum reliquit ejus,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 56:

    (Hecuba) Hectoris in tumulo canum de vertice crinem... relinquit,

    leaves behind, Ov. M. 13, 428:

    (cacumina silvae) limum tenent in fronde relictum,

    left behind, remaining, id. ib. 1, 347.— To leave behind one's self by moving away:

    longius delatus aestu, sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    jamque hos, jamque illos, populo mirante, relinquit,

    Sil. 16, 503; cf. in pass., to remain or be left behind, Lucr. 5, 626.—
    2.
    Trop.: hanc eram ipsam excusationem relicturus ad Caesarem, was about to leave behind me just this excuse (for my departure), Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1:

    aculeos in animis,

    id. Brut. 9, 38:

    quod coeptum est dici, relinquitur in cogitatione audientium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41:

    aetate relictā,

    Ov. M. 7, 170:

    repetat relicta,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 97.—

    Of rank or merit: (Homerus) omnes sine dubio et in omni genere eloquentiae procul a se reliquit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 51.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1. a.
    Lit.:

    ea mortua est: reliquit filiam adulescentulam,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 41:

    cum pauper cum duobus fratribus relictus essem,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 2; cf.:

    pauper jam a majoribus relictus,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 1:

    agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:

    heredem testamento reliquit hunc P. Quintium,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

    cum ei testamento sestertiūm milies relinquatur,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    non, si qui argentum omne legavit, videri potest signatam quoque pecuniam reliquisse,

    Quint. 5, 11, 33:

    qui mihi reliquit haec quae habeo omnia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 40:

    cedo, quid reliquit Phania,

    id. Hec. 3, 5, 8 and 13:

    fundos decem et tres reliquit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    aliquantum aeris alieni,

    id. Quint. 4, 15:

    servus aut donatus aut testamento relictus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67:

    alicui arva, greges, armenta,

    Ov. M. 3, 585:

    se testamento liberum relictum,

    Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 16.—
    b.
    Trop., to leave, leave behind one:

    consiliorum ac virtutum nostrarum effigiem,

    Cic. Arch. 12, 30:

    qui sic sunt, haud multum heredem juvant, Sibi vero hanc laudem relinquont: vixit, dum vixit, bene,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11:

    rem publicam nobis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; cf.:

    statum civitatis,

    id. ib. 1, 21, 34; id. Par. 1, 2, 10:

    opus alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: memoriam [p. 1558] aut brevem aut nullam, id. Off. 2, 16, 55:

    monumentum audaciae suae aeternum,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 129:

    quae scripta nobis summi ex Graeciā sapientissimique homines reliquerunt,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    scriptum in Originibus,

    id. Brut. 19, 75:

    scripta posteris,

    Quint. 1, praef. 1:

    in scriptis relictum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

    orationes reliquit et annales,

    id. Brut. 27, 106:

    duo tantum volumina,

    Suet. Gram. 7:

    librum de suis rebus imperfectum,

    id. ib. 12; cf.:

    si non omnia vates Ficta reliquerunt,

    Ov. M. 13, 734:

    pater, o relictum Filiae nomen,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 34.—
    2.
    To leave a thing behind; to leave remaining; to allow or permit to remain, to let remain, leave; pass., to be left, to remain.
    a.
    Lit.:

    nihil relinquo in aedibus, Nec vas, nec vestimentum,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 88:

    multis autem non modo granum nullum, sed ne paleae quidem ex omni fructu atque ex annuo labore relinquerentur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114:

    nihil de tanto patrimonio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3, 10:

    equitatus partem illi adtribuit, partem sibi reliquit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

    angustioribus portis relictis,

    id. ib. 7, 70;

    41: unam (filiam) minimamque relinque,

    leave to me, Ov. M. 6, 299:

    jam pauca aratro jugera regiae Moles relinquent,

    Hor. C. 2, 15, 2:

    dapis meliora relinquens,

    id. S. 2, 6, 89:

    magis apta tibi tua dona relinquam,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 43:

    haec porcis hodie comedenda relinquis,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 19; cf.:

    habitanda fana Apris reliquit,

    id. Epod. 16, 20:

    relinquebatur una per Sequanos via,

    remained, Caes. B. G. 1, 9; cf.:

    unā ex parte leniter acclivis aditus relinquebatur,

    id. ib. 2, 29:

    se cum paucis relictum videt,

    Sall. C. 60, 7:

    nec aliud dicionis Atheniensium praeter ipsam urbem reliquit,

    Just. 5, 7, 3.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    quasi corpori reliqueris Tuo potestatem coloris ulli capiendi mala,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 37:

    quam igitur relinquis populari rei publicae laudem?

    Cic. Rep. 3, 35, 48:

    ut vobis non modo dignitatis retinendae, sed ne libertatis quidem recuperandae spes relinquatur,

    id. Agr. 1, 6, 17:

    ceterorum sententiis semotis, relinquitur non mihi cum Torquato, sed virtuti cum voluptate certatio,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; cf.:

    ne qua spes in fugā relinqueretur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 51:

    nullā provocatione ad populum contra necem et verbera relicta,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 62; Hor. S. 1, 10, 51:

    quis igitur relictus est objurgandi locus?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 127; cf.:

    nihil est preci loci relictum,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 22; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 14;

    and, in another sense: plane nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,

    i. e. he leaves no occasion for them, renders them superfluous, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

    ne cui iniquo relinqueremus vituperandi locum,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    Aedui nullum sibi ad cognoscendum spatium relinquunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

    spatium deliberandi,

    Nep. Eun, 12, 3:

    vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

    Cic. Quint. 15, 49; Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 33; cf. Cic. Brut. 72, 253 (v. Bernhardy ad loc.):

    vita relicta est tantum modo,

    Ov. P. 4, 16, 49:

    quod munitioni castrorum tempus relinqui volebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:

    mihi consilium et virtutis vestrae regimen relinquite,

    Tac. H. 1, 84:

    suspicionem alicui relinquere,

    Suet. Caes. 86:

    aliquem veniae vel saevitiae alicujus,

    Tac. H. 1, 68 fin.:

    aliquem poenae,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 20:

    aliquem poenae,

    Ov. M. 7, 41: leto, poenaeque, id. id. 14, 217; cf.:

    urbem direptioni et incendiis,

    to give up, surrender, abandon, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

    neu relinquas hominem innocentem ad alicujus tui dissimilis quaestum,

    do not leave, id. ib. 13, 64:

    aliquid in alicujus spe,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 4, 16. — Poet., with obj.-clause:

    (metus) Omnia suffundens mortis nigrore, neque ullam Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit,

    Lucr. 3, 40; 1, 703; Ov. M. 14, 100:

    dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 52; Sil. 3, 708: nihil relinquitur nisi fuga, there is nothing left, nothing remains, but, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6:

    relinquitur illud, quod vociferari non destitit, non debuisse, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 34, 85; cf.:

    mihi nihil relicti quicquam aliud jam esse intellego,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 81.— Impers. relinquitur, with ut (Zumpt, Gram. §

    621): relinquitur, ut, si vincimur in Hispaniā, quiescamus,

    it remains, that, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf.: relinquebatur, ut neque longius ab agmine legionum discedi Caesar pateretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19 fin. — In a logical conclusion: relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, hence it follows that, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; id. Div. 2, 5, 14.—
    3.
    With double predicate, to leave a thing behind in a certain state; to leave, let remain, suffer to be, etc.:

    eum Plautus locum Reliquit integrum,

    has left untouched, Ter. Ad. prol. 10:

    praesertim cum integram rem et causam reliquerim,

    have left unaltered, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.:

    Scaptius me rogat, ut rem sic relinquam,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 13, §

    12: Morini, quos Caesar in Britanniam proficiscens pacatos reliquerat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37; cf.:

    amici, quos incorruptos Jugurtha reliquerat,

    Sall. J. 103, 2:

    reliquit (eam) Incertam et tristi turbatam volnere mentis,

    Verg. A. 12, 160:

    (naves) in litore deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    erat aeger in praesidio relictus,

    id. ib. 6, 38:

    in mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 28:

    quod insepultos reliquissent eos, quos, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 26; 2, 11, 21:

    aliquid incohatum,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 55; cf.:

    inceptam oppugnationem,

    to give up, abandon, quit, Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

    incoepta fila,

    Ov. M. 6, 34:

    infecta sacra,

    id. ib. 6, 202:

    opus incoeptum,

    id. A. A. 2, 78:

    verba imperfecta,

    id. H. 13, 13:

    pro effectis relinquunt, vixdum incohata,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    aliquid injudicatum,

    id. 10, 1, 67:

    aliquid neglectum,

    id. 1, 1, 29:

    incertum,

    id. 2, 10, 14:

    tantas copias sine imperio,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20 init.; cf.:

    sine ture aras,

    Ov. M. 8, 277:

    verbum in ambiguo,

    Lucr. 4, 1137:

    mulierem nullam nominabo: tantum in medio relinquam,

    Cic. Cael. 20, 48; cf.:

    correptio in dubio relicta,

    Quint. 7, 9, 13.
    II.
    (With the idea of the verb predominant.) To leave behind one, to leave, go away from; to forsake, abandon, desert a person or thing.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Lit.:

    ubi illaec obsecrost quae me hic reliquit,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 32: relinquamus nebulonem hunc, Scip. Afr. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3; cf.:

    non ego te hic lubens relinquo neque abeo abs te,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 33:

    domum propinquosque reliquisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf. id. ib. 1, 30:

    relictis locis superioribus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 36:

    loci relinquendi facultas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 4 fin.:

    Ilio relicto,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 14:

    urbes,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 5:

    moenia,

    id. Epod. 17, 13:

    litus relictum Respicit,

    Ov. M. 2, 873:

    Roma relinquenda est,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 62:

    colles clamore relinqui (sc.: a bubus),

    were left behind, Verg. A. 8, 216 Wagn.:

    limen,

    id. ib. 5, 316:

    mensas,

    id. ib. 3, 213:

    dominos,

    Cat. 61, 51:

    volucres Ova relinquebant,

    Lucr. 5, 802 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop.: me somnu' reliquit, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 52 Vahl.); cf.:

    quem vita reliquit,

    Lucr. 5, 63: reliquit aliquem vita, for to die, Ov. M. 11, 327:

    ubi vita tuos reliquerit artus,

    id. Ib. 339;

    for which, also, reversely: animam relinquam potius, quam illas deseram,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 52; so,

    vitam,

    Verg. G. 3, 547; cf. Tac. A. 4, 34:

    lucem,

    Verg. A. 4, 452:

    lumen vitale,

    Ov. M. 14, 175:

    consitus sum senectute, vires Reliquere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 6:

    aliquem animus,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 37; Caes. B. G. 6, 38:

    animus reliquit euntem,

    Ov. M. 10, 459:

    aliquem anima,

    Nep. Eum. 4, 2:

    ab omni honestate relictus,

    abandoned, destitute of, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 23:

    ab alterā (quartanā) relictum esse,

    id. Att. 8, 6, 3; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 290.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to leave in the lurch; to forsake, abandon, desert, etc. (v. desero, destituo, prodo).
    1.
    Lit.:

    qui... Reliquit deseruitque me,

    has forsaken me, has given me the slip, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 45; cf.:

    reliquit me homo atque abiit,

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 5:

    succurrere relictae,

    Verg. A. 9, 290.—

    Of the forsaking of a lover by his mistress,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 64; Tib. 3, 6, 40; Prop. 1, 6, 8; Ov. H. 10, 80; id. M. 8, 108:

    paucos, qui ex fugā evaserant, reliquerunt,

    i. e. let them escape, Caes. B. G. 3, 19. — Of things, to leave, give up, abandon, etc.:

    argentum si relinquo ac non peto, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 31:

    auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra,

    Liv. 5, 6; cf.:

    relictā non bene parmulā,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 10.—
    2.
    Trop., to leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish:

    rem et causam et utilitatem communem non relinquere solum, sed etiam prodere,

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50 (for which:

    derelinquo jam communem causam,

    id. ib. 35, 103):

    jus suum dissolute,

    id. ib. 36, 103:

    affectum, cum ad summum perduxerimus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 29:

    (puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100: eum rogato, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat, to leave or lay aside every thing else, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 8; cf.:

    omnibus relictis rebus,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 6; so,

    relictis rebus (omnibus),

    id. Ep. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 1, 25; Ter. And. 2, 5, 1; id. Eun. 1, 2, 86; id. Heaut. 4, 7, 12; Lucr. 3, 1071; Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 51; Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf.

    also: res omnes relictas habeo prae quod tu velis,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 38:

    omnia relinques, si me amabis, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 14:

    et agrorum et armorum cultum,

    to give up, abandon, neglect, id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    si tu ea relinquis et deseris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80:

    studium exquirendi,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 7:

    agrum alternis annis,

    to suffer to lie fallow, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 3:

    loca relicta,

    uncultivated, wild lands, Front. Limit. p. 42 Goes.; so,

    relictae possessiones,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3:

    milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

    abandoned, relinquished, id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf. possessionem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    obsidionem,

    to raise the siege, Liv. 5, 48:

    caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

    leave unmentioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

    consulto relinquere (locum), opp. praetermittere,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est,

    id. Cat. 3, 8, 18; and:

    audistis haec, judices, quae nunc ego omnia praetereo et relinquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106;

    in this sense also,

    id. Brut. 45, 165; cf. id. ib. 19, 76; Hor. A. P. 150:

    cur injurias tuas conjunctas cum publicis reliquisti?

    left unnoticed, uncensured, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84; cf.:

    vim et causam efficiendi reliquerunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 6, 18:

    vos legatum omni supplicio interfectum relinquetis?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

    quis est, qui vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putet oportere,

    id. Caecin. 3, 9.— Poet., with obj.clause:

    quod si plane contueare, mirari multa relinquas,

    leave off, cease, Lucr. 6, 654.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > relinquo

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  • lay by — Synonyms and related words: abandon, adjourn, aestivate, arrange for, assign, cede, conserve, continue, decree, defer, define, delay, drag out, extend, forearm, give up, hand over, hang fire, hang up, have nothing on, head to wind, hibernate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lay off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abort, aestivate, belay, blueprint, boot, bounce, bound, break, breathe, bump, bust, call a strike, call it quits, can, cancel, cashier, cease, chart, circle in, circumscribe, close down, close shop, cut it… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lay to — Synonyms and related words: account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, aestivate, apply to, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, blame, blame for, blame on, bring home to, buckle down, charge on, charge to, confess, connect… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • To lay heads together — Head Head (h[e^]d), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[ a]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[ o]fu[eth], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubi[thorn]. The word does not correspond regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crop rotation — Fallow redirects here. For other uses, see Fallow (disambiguation). Satellite image of circular crop fields in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by then. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows …   Wikipedia

  • Agriculture in Imperial Russia — The agriculture of Imperial Russia throughout the 19th 20th centuries represented a major world force yet it lagged behind other developed countries. Russia was amongst the largest exporters of agricultural produce, especially wheat, while the… …   Wikipedia

  • lie — I n. falsehood 1) to tell a lie 2) to give the lie to ( to prove to be false ) 3) a bald faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, deliberate, downright, monstrous, outright, transparent, whopping; white lie 4) a pack, tissue, web of lies 5) (misc.) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • fal´low|ness — fal|low1 «FAL oh», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. plowed but not seeded for a season or more: »We ll let the north forty acres lie fallow next spring. 2. Figurative. (of the mind) uncultivated; inactive. –n. 1. land plowed and left without… …   Useful english dictionary

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