to be a slave of habit

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• slave´like´ — slave «slayv», noun, verb, slaved, slav|ing, adjective. –n. 1. a person who is the property of another. Slaves were once bought and sold like horses in the United States. »We ll visit Caliban, my slave (Shakespeare). 2. Figurative. a) …   Useful english dictionary

• slave — [slāv] n. [ME sclave < OFr or ML: OFr esclave < ML sclavus, slave, orig., Slav < LGr Sklabos, ult. < OSlav Slovēne, native name of a Slavic people: first used of captives of Slavic orig. in SE Europe] 1. a human being who is owned as… …   English World dictionary

• slave — I n. 1) to free, liberate a slave 2) a fugitive, runaway slave 3) (fig.) a slave to (a slave to a habit) 4) (misc.) to buy; sell slaves II v. (d; intr.) to slave over (to slave over a hot stove) * * * [sleɪv] liberate a slave runaway slave sell… …   Combinatory dictionary

• habit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. tendency (see habit); costume, uniform (see clothing). II Usual mode of action Nouns 1. habit, habitude, wont, way; prescription, custom, use, usage; practice; matter of course, prevalence,… …   English dictionary for students

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• Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities     Charity and Charities …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Aristotle: Ethics and politics — Roger Crisp ETHICS BACKGROUND AND METHOD Aristotle wrote no books on ethics. Rather, he gave lectures, the notes for which subsequently were turned by others into two books, the Nicomachean Ethics (NE) and the Eudemian Ethics (EE). There is much… …   History of philosophy

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