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Postby Grogie » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:52 pm

To authenticate, prove or ascertain. ''After considerable effort they were finally able to constate the truth.''
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Postby sluggo » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:37 pm

And if you constate the truth, you generally should.
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Postby melissa » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:55 am

and I thought constate was redstate.
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Postby Bailey » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:11 pm

Gee I really hope that wasn't some oh so subtle trolling for political debate....



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Postby sluggo » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:05 pm

I kinda hope so too since if the opposite of con is pro, then...
oops- outta room
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Postby Stargzer » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:51 pm

... we could be getting in to a angering match of sorts, albeit with some difficulty on occasion. :shock:
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Postby gailr » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:08 pm

If such discussions are kept under control: reinstate?
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Postby Stargzer » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:02 am

Reininstate

"The reininstate stays mainly on the plate."

Does this refer to a leaky roof at the US State Department?
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Postby Stargzer » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:05 am

Constate an opal -- to authenticate an opal as a genuine gem, as opposed to it being a piece of costume jewelry.

It's all Greek to me ...
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Postby sluggo » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:03 am

Constate an opal -- to authenticate an opal as a genuine gem, as opposed to it being a piece of costume jewelry.

It's all Greek to me ...
Ah, Gzer found what I was looking for, and yeah, it kinda works.
Really though, it's nobody's business but the Turks'.
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Postby gailr » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:21 am

If you're evaluating that opal on line, is it e-state jewelry?
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Postby Perry » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:24 pm

Constate

A totalitarian regime that tries to convince its citizens that all is rosey.
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Postby sluggo » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:12 pm

I dunno, wasn't Australia established as a con state?
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Postby Perry » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:45 pm

It was (unless you ask the aborigines). Also, it has been constrated that the rabbit population there gave cause for consternation.
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