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Definition of Nonpluses
1. nonplus [v] - See also: nonplus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonpluses
Literary usage of Nonpluses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1891)
"This discovery by 'Mr. Lewis 'of parallel channels with cups at the end, and
transverse channels representing animal effigies, nonpluses the theory, ..."
2. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions by Robert South (1866)
"And then for his eternity; which nonpluses the strongest and clearest conception,
to comprehend how one single act of duration should measure all periods ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"The phenomena of diffraction,in fact, completely nonpluses the Newtonian doctrine ;
and Professor Airy himself has shown the ..."
4. A Talmudic Miscellany ...: Or, A Thousand and One Extracts from the Talmud by Paul Isaac Hershon (1880)
"The Emperor said, " Thou hast reasonably answered, but the Roman law is, that he
who nonpluses his ruler and puts him to silence shall be cast to the lions. ..."
5. Illustrations of the Liturgy and Ritual of the United Church of England and by James Brogden (1842)
"And then for "^ eternity, which nonpluses the strongest and eka conception to
comprehend how one single act of d tion should measure all period* ..."
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