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Home Dictionary Name: ratRat
One of several species of small rodents of the genus Rattus formerly included in Mus and allied genera of the family Muridae distinguished from mice primarily by being larger They infest houses stores and ships especially the Norway rat also called brown rat Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus the black rat Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus and the roof rat formerly Mus Alexandrinus now included in Rattus rattus These were introduced into America from the Old World The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus...
Rat tail
Like a rats tail in form as a rat tail file which is round slender and tapering See Illust of File...
Ratting
The conduct or practices of one who rats See Rat v i 1...
Rat tailed
Having a long tapering tail like that of a rat...
Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte
Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte (in proportion)....
collaborate
collaborate -rat·ed -rat·ing : to work jointly with others in some endeavor ...
corroborate
corroborate -rat·ed -rat·ing [Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare to strengthen, from com-, prefix marking completion + robur strength, literally, oak tree] : to support with evidence or authority : strengthen or make more certain cor·rob·o·ra·tion [kə-rÄ -bə-rā-shən] n cor·rob·o·ra·tive [kə-rÄ -bə-rā-tiv, -rə-tiv] adj ...
incorporate
incorporate -rat·ed -rat·ing vt 1 : to unite with something else to form a whole [ the agreement into the divorce] 2 : to form (as a business) into a legal corporation 3 : to include (rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights) within the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment see also selective incorporation, total incorporation vi : to form a legal corporation in·cor·po·ra·tion [in-kȯr-pə-rā-shən] n incorporate by reference : to make (the terms of a contemporaneous or earlier document) part of another document (as a codicil) by specific reference in that document see also republish ...
pirate
pirate : a person who commits piracy vb pi·rat·ed pi·rat·ing vt : to take or appropriate by piracy ;esp : to copy, distribute, or use without authorization esp. in infringement of copyright [the pirated software] [pirating cable signals] vi : to commit piracy compare bootleg ...
ratify
ratify -fied -fy·ing : to make valid or effective ;esp : to adopt or affirm (as the prior act or contract of an agent) by express or implied consent with the effect of original authorization [unable to rescind the contract because he ratified it by accepting the benefits] compare reform rat·i·fi·ca·tion [ra-tə-fə-kā-shən] n rat·i·fi·er [ra-tə-fī-ər] n ...
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