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• sanguine — san|guine [ˈsæŋgwın] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: sanguin, from Latin sanguineus, from sanguis blood ] happy and hopeful about the future = ↑optimistic sanguine about ▪ Other economists are more sanguine about the possibility of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sanguine — [[t]sæ̱ŋgwɪn[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ about n If you are sanguine about something, you are cheerful and confident that things will happen in the way you want them to. He s remarkably sanguine about the problems involved... They… …   English dictionary

• optimistic, sanguine — As is suggested in the entry OPTIMIST, optimistic, an adjective, means inclined or disposed to take a favorable view of life. Sanguine has the somewhat related meanings of cheerful, confident, hopeful : He is a lively, sanguine person. (Sanguine …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• Augustine — Gerard O’Daly 1 LIFE AND PHILOSOPHICAL READINGS Augustine was born in Thagaste (modern Souk Ahras in Algeria) in Roman North Africa in AD 354. He died as bishop of Hippo (now Annaba, Algeria) in 430. His education followed the standard Roman… …   History of philosophy

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• transportation — /trans peuhr tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of transporting. 2. the state of being transported. 3. the means of transport or conveyance. 4. the business of conveying people, goods, etc. 5. price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare. 6.… …   Universalium

• Frédéric Ozanam — Blessed Antoine Frédéric Ozanam Born April 23, 1813 Milan, Kingdom of Italy Died September 8, 1853 Marseilles, Second French Empire …   Wikipedia

• Turtle Island — by Gary Snyder (1974)    Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1975, this volume of poetry brought expanded national attention to gary snyder. While in his previous two collections of poetry, The Back Country (1968) and Regarding Wave (1970),… …   Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

• Congregational Christian Churches — The Congregational Christian Churches were a Protestant Christian denomination that operated in the U.S. from 1931 through 1957. On the latter date, most of its churches joined the Evangelical and Reformed Church in a merger to become the United… …   Wikipedia

• drawing — /draw ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that draws. 2. a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color. 3. a sketch, plan, or design, esp. one made with pen, pencil …   Universalium

• St. Radbertus Paschasius — (785 865), was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, and Abbot of Corbie who wrote numerous treatises, expositions and biographies during the Frankish Carolingian era. [Cabaniss, pg 1 ] His feast day is April 26. [Catholic Encyclopedia ]… …   Wikipedia