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::: crochet - make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet
::: superannuated - retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete
::: expropriate - take possession of (often for public use and without payment)
::: agog - highly excited; intensely curious
::: comprise - include; consist of
::: dotage - senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage
::: meticulous - excessively careful (with great attention to detail); painstaking; scrupulous
::: hue_and_cry - outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule
::: luxuriate - take pleasure in great comfort
::: coeval - living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age