a feat of courage

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• feat — n Feat, exploit, achievement denote a remarkable deed or performance. Feat applies particularly to an act involving physical strength, dexterity, and often courage; an exploit is an adventurous, heroic, or brilliant deed; achievement emphasizes… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• feat — ► NOUN ▪ an achievement requiring great courage, skill, or strength. ORIGIN Old French fait, from Latin factum fact …   English terms dictionary

• Courage — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of fear. < N PARAG:Courage >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 courage courage bravery valor Sgm: N 1 resoluteness resoluteness boldness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 spirit spirit daring gallantry …   English dictionary for students

• courage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of fear Nouns 1. courage, bravery, valor; boldness, strength; daring, gallantry, heroism, intrepidity; defiance, audacity; rashness, brinkmanship; confidence, self reliance; chivalry, prowess,… …   English dictionary for students

• feat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fait, fet, from Anglo French, from Latin factum, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere to make, do more at do Date: 14th century 1. act, deed 2. a. a deed notable especially for courage b. an act or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• feat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deed, gest, accomplishment, exploit; stunt. See courage, completion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. act, effort, deed, exploit; see achievement 2 , action 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. accomplishment …   English dictionary for students

• feat — noun an achievement requiring great courage, skill, or strength. Origin ME: from OFr. fait, from L. factum (see fact) …   English new terms dictionary

• Flyleaf — For other uses, see Flyleaf (disambiguation). Flyleaf Flyleaf on their Unite and Fight tour at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA on October 18, 2010. Background information …   Wikipedia

• Military Engineering-Technical University — Военный инженерно технический университет Engineering castle. Main Military Engineering school with 1823, now branch of Russian Museum near VITU Motto Spiritual force and engineering competence …   Wikipedia

• deed — [dēd] n. [ME dede < OE ded, dæd, akin to Ger tat, ODu dede, ON dath, Goth deds: for IE base see DO1] 1. a thing done; act 2. a feat of courage, skill, etc. 3. action; actual performance [honest in word and deed] 4. Law …   English World dictionary

• NAHSHON — (Heb. נַחְשׁוֹן; little (?) serpent ), son of Amminadab (Ex. 6:23; Num. 2:3, et al.). Nahshon was chieftain of the tribe of Judah (Num. 2:3) which consisted of 74,600 men (Num. 2:3–4; 10:14). He assisted Moses in taking a census of the community… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism