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Academʹics

The followers of Plato were so called, because they attended his lectures in the Acadʹemy, a garden planted by Acadeʹmos.

“See there the olive grove of Acadēmus, Plato’s retreat.”


 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Abstemious
Abstract Numbers
Abstraction
Absurd
Abudah
Abundant Number (An)
Abus
Abyla
Abyssinians
Acacetus
Academics
Academy
Academy Figures
Acadia—i.e.
Acadine
Acanthus
Acceptance
Accessory
Accident
Accidental or Subjective Colours
Accidentals