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obsolete

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1 out of use or practice; not current

2 out of date; unfashionable or outmoded

3      (Biology)   (of parts, organs, etc.) vestigial; rudimentary
     (C16: from Latin obsoletus worn out, past participle of obsolere (unattested), from ob- opposite to + solere to be used)
♦   obsoletely      adv
♦   obsoleteness      n
The word obsoleteness is hardly ever used, obsolescence standing as the noun form for both obsolete and obsolescent

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! Access to Information Act	n.	loi sur l'accès à l'information	[Leg.]
! Access to Information and Privacy; ATIP	n.	Accès à l'information et protection des renseignements personnels; AIPRP.
overshare	v.	to overshare is to share too much intimate information with somebody	"sorry, have I overshared?"
blag	v.	to blag information is to obtain it illegally by impersonating somebody on the phone
go-to person	n.	a person you can go to for help, advice or information
! Deduction	n.	The method of using knowledge or information in order to understand something	Deduction in reading is a very important strategy because usually there are many words that you don't know, but can still be guessed with the prior knowledge you have.
put smb. off the scent	exp.	mislead someone; deliberately provide wrong information to forbid someone from knowing the truth	E.g.: They are no longer in town, but hey left their car in front of the house just to put everybody off the scent.
infomercial	n.	a lengthy commercial (frequently of a half-hour or hour's duration) parading as information or a documentary, though not necessarily presented by a celebrity.
! Cyberspace world	exp.	A progressing virtual world of global computers having networks of interdependent information technology infrastructures, telecommunications networks and computer processing systems in which online interactions takes place.
dig the dirt	v.	to look for or expose information about a person's past, usually bad, and to therefore bring that person down or put them in a bad light
! Deduction	n.	the process of using the knowledge or information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion, or the opinion that you form ()	I have to make deductions about the meaning of words in poem then, I could understand more.
! greive	n.	to feel or cause to feel great sorrow or distress, esp. at the death of someone 2 tr Obsolete to inflict injury, hardship, or sorrow on (C13: from Old French grever, from Latin gravare to burden, from gravis heavy) ♦ griever n ♦ grieving n, adj ♦ grievingly adv

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