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noun • (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden • the day before • the period immediately before something • the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | ||||||||
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adjective satellite • streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air • lighted up by or as by fire or flame | ||||||||
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adverb • (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | ||||||||
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