Spurge vs False - What's the difference?
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Any plant of the species of genus Euphorbia that grow in England and exude a bitter milky juice which was formerly used as a purgative.
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia .
To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
* 1661 , W. Cartwright, Siedge
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
*{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun spurge
is any plant of the species of genus euphorbia that grow in england and exude a bitter milky juice which was formerly used as a purgative.As a verb spurge
is to emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.spurge
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) espurge, espurgier, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* * Japanese spurge * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * petty spurge * * * * *See also
* ("spurge" on Wikipedia) * (Euphorbia) * (Euphorbia)Etymology 2
Uncertain.Verb
(spurg)- The body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; / Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.
Anagrams
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Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}