Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:48:03 +0000 From: George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fraud (was: Rejecting spam, accepting valid mail (was: Mail blocked)) Message-ID: <20020311154803.A39237@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <dvbsdvbmus.sdv@localhost.localdomain>; from swear@blarg.net on Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 11:11:07PM -0800 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020307094130.01f59240@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020306234510.01ee0180@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020306234510.01ee0180@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020307094130.01f59240@nospam.lariat.org> <3cg03ccef4.03c@localhost.localdomain> <4.3.2.7.2.20020307221616.00cb9980@nospam.lariat.org> <20020308190102.B679@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> <d1lmd1dwzm.md1@localhost.localdomain> <20020311123713.H36158@wantadilla.lemis.com> <dvbsdvbmus.sdv@localhost.localdomain>
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On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 11:11:07PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> I almost forget: Do you know what "c." or "absol." means in your OED
> quote above? (My dic. was inadequate again.)
"c" is the third letter of the alphabet ("To act with or employ fraud" is
the third entry) and "absol." is "absolute": absolute verbs are
transitive verbs with implied (but not explicitly stated) objects.
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