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• Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ANOINT: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
• PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial. Precipitate in all, this sinner Took action first, and then his dinner.
• RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PLAUDITS, n. Coins with which the populace pays those who tickle and devour it.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe.
  Friendly warning. Consigned by way of admonition, His soul forever to perdition....
• PLEASE, v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...