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academe

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CIDE DICTIONARY

academen. [L. academia. See Academy.].
     An academy.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

academe, n.
1 a the world of learning. b universities collectively.
2 literary a college or university.

Idiom
grove (or groves) of Academe a university environment.
Etymology
Gk Akademos (see ACADEMY): used by Shakesp. (Love's Labour's Lost I. i. 13) and Milton (Paradise Regained iv. 244)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

academe

n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.

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