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31 4 — Sainement, for raisonnablement. — Etym., sainej

fem. of sain, from Lat. saniis, healthy, Sound, and ment, the adverbial termination, from Lat. mente, ablative of viens, mind, which in tlie Romance languages had the meaning of manner.

31 10 — En une autre, /(?r aune autre. {Autre, formerly altre, from Lat. alter.)

31 12 — Divers, for différent.

31 27 — Pour,yi;r parce que : Because.

31 32 — Pour qui vous brûlez : Whom you love. — Etym. Briller, lit, to burn, formerlv brusler ; Ital. hrustolare, from Low Lat. fërustûlare, to burn entirely. From ustns, part, of iirtre, came tistare, whence again the dim. tiftulare. Just as ustiis produced iistiilare, so perustus produced, with intermediate perustare, the form penistiilare, which remains almost unchanged in the Italj. bruatolare.

31 35 — Passer la fantaisie: Yourliking (for him) pass away.

(Fantaisie, properly imagination, fancy, whim, from Gr. (pairaaia, the perception or impression received by the mind.)

32 9 — Point is one négative too many in this Une.

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