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ert - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
art . art .
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb transitive To incite ; urge on; encourage .verb transitive To irritate ; grill ; provoke .verb intransitive To be eager, prone; hurry .verb transitive To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain.verb intransitive To strive onward and upward.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
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From Middle English erten , ertin, from Old Norse erta ("to provoke, incite, tease"), from Proto-Germanic *artijanan (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *ardi-, *ard- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta ("to irritate"), Norwegian erta ("to taunt"), Swedish ärta ("to tease, jibe"), Old Irish aird ("point, ord, end point"), Ancient Greek άρδις (árdis, "arrowhead").
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Better to consider these at the end, when folk are less alert , rather than waste their ert on absences ...
Guess who's back ... Back again ... Norfolk Blogger 2009
It is entirely possible that that decision will cost American lives that could otherwise be saved. ert Says:
Matthew Yglesias » The Real Torture Debate 2010
The notion that the jihadists will refrain from torturing – and murdering – captured Americans if only we act accordingly is quaint, but nuts. ert Says:
Matthew Yglesias » The Real Torture Debate 2010
“God morgon, jag heter Ben Holden och jag beundrar ert arbete mycket.”
Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011
“God morgon, jag heter Ben Holden och jag beundrar ert arbete mycket.”
Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011
I find it amazing that, after Abu Ghraib, you have the gall to try a line like this. ert Says:
Matthew Yglesias » The Real Torture Debate 2010
The point is that ert is not only a public service but it's a part of our post 60s history.
I Fear the Greeks, Not Bearing Gifts glyn moody 2008
The archives of ert are important for us as it's the archive of our modern history.
I Fear the Greeks, Not Bearing Gifts glyn moody 2008
Being at Bauhaus was the kiss of death: Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Mies van der Rohe, Herbert Bayer, Ludwig Hilberseimer, the Moholy-Nagys, Oskar Schlemmer, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack and Lyonel Feininger were all included.
Degenerate Art Exhibition, Munich 1937 Hels 2008
For individual donations, please visit www.unicefusa.org/ert for U.S Fund for UNICEF.
Help with listening and reading? maryrobinette 2008
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