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CIDE DICTIONARY
quick, a. [As. cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik, OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius, Lith. q, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. jīva living, jīv to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass, Whitlow.].
- Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to
dead orinanimate . [1913 Webster]" In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases." [1913 Webster]"Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were." [1913 Webster]"The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom." [1913 Webster]"Man is no star, but a quick coal
Of mortal fire." [1913 Webster] - Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. [1913 Webster]"Oft he her his charge of quick return
Repeated." [1913 Webster] - Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. [1913 Webster]"The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended." [1913 Webster]
- Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. [1913 Webster]"The air is quick there,
And it pierces and sharpens the stomach." [1913 Webster] - Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. Shak. [1913 Webster]"They say that women are so quick." [1913 Webster]
- Pregnant; with child. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly.
quick, adv.
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. [1913 Webster]
"If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed." [1913 Webster]
quick, n.
- That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. [1913 Webster]"The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick." [1913 Webster]
- The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. [1913 Webster]"This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick." [1913 Webster]"How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference !" [1913 Webster]
- Quitch grass. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
quick, v. t. & i. [See Quicken.].
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quick, adj., adv., & n.
--adj.
1 taking only a short time (a quick worker).
2 arriving after a short time, prompt (quick action; quick results).
3 with only a short interval (in quick succession).
4 lively, intelligent.
5 acute, alert (has a quick ear).
6 (of a temper) easily roused.
7 archaic living, alive (the quick and the dead).
--adv.
1 quickly, at a rapid rate.
2 (as int.) come, go, etc., quickly.
--n.
1 the soft flesh below the nails, or the skin, or a sore.
2 the seat of feeling or emotion (cut to the quick).
--adj.
1 taking only a short time (a quick worker).
2 arriving after a short time, prompt (quick action; quick results).
3 with only a short interval (in quick succession).
4 lively, intelligent.
5 acute, alert (has a quick ear).
6 (of a temper) easily roused.
7 archaic living, alive (the quick and the dead).
--adv.
1 quickly, at a rapid rate.
2 (as int.) come, go, etc., quickly.
--n.
1 the soft flesh below the nails, or the skin, or a sore.
2 the seat of feeling or emotion (cut to the quick).
Idiom
be quick act quickly. quick-fire
1 (of repartee etc.) rapid.
2 firing shots in quick succession.
quick-freeze
1 freeze (food) rapidly so as to preserve its natural qualities.
2 this process.
quick march Mil.
1 a march in quick time.
2 the command to begin this. quick one colloq. a drink taken quickly. quick step Mil. a step used in quick time (cf. QUICKSTEP). quick time Mil. marching at about 120 paces per minute.
quick trick Bridge
1 a trick in the first two rounds of a suit.
2 the card that should win this. quick with child archaic at a stage of pregnancy when movements of the foetus have been felt.
1 (of repartee etc.) rapid.
2 firing shots in quick succession.
quick-freeze
1 freeze (food) rapidly so as to preserve its natural qualities.
2 this process.
quick march Mil.
1 a march in quick time.
2 the command to begin this. quick one colloq. a drink taken quickly. quick step Mil. a step used in quick time (cf. QUICKSTEP). quick time Mil. marching at about 120 paces per minute.
quick trick Bridge
1 a trick in the first two rounds of a suit.
2 the card that should win this. quick with child archaic at a stage of pregnancy when movements of the foetus have been felt.
Derivative
quickly adv. quickness n.
Etymology
OE cwic(u) alive f. Gmc
THESAURUS
quick
Daedalian, able, aboveground, abrupt, acquiescent, acute, adept, adroit, agile, agog, agreeable, alacritous, alert, alive, alive and kicking, all agog, amain, amenable, among the living, animate, animated, anxious, apace, apt, ardent, artistic, astute, at flank speed, attentive, authoritative, avid, awake, bosom, brainy, bravura, breakneck, breast, breathing, breathless, brief, bright, brilliant, brisk, bursting to, canny, capable, capable of life, center of life, clean, clever, combustible, cometary, competent, compliant, conscious, consenting, content, cooperative, coordinated, core, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cursory, cute, daedal, dashing, decisive, deft, desirous, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, discerning, dispatchful, disposed, docile, double-quick, eager, eagle-winged, educable, effective, effectual, electrifying, endowed with life, energetic, enlivened, enthusiastic, esoteric reality, excellent, excitable, existent, expeditious, expeditiously, expert, explosive, exposed nerve, express, facile, fain, fancy, fast, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, festinate, feverish, fiery, flashing, flat-out, fleet, flickering, flying, formable, forward, full of life, furious, galloping, game, gifted, good, goodish, graceful, hair-trigger, hand over fist, hand over hand, handy, hastily, hasty, headlong, heart, heart of hearts, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, hep, hot, hot-tempered, hotheaded, hurried, hustling, immediate, impatient, impetuous, impressionable, impulsive, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high gear, in seven-league boots, in the flesh, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, ingenious, inmost heart, inmost soul, inner man, inner nature, inside, inspirited, instant, instantaneous, instinct with life, instructable, intelligent, irascible, irritable, keen, keen-witted, knowing, last-minute, lickety-cut, lickety-split, light of heel, light-footed, live, lively, living, long-lived, magisterial, malleable, masterful, masterly, mercurial, meteoric, minded, moldable, motivated, neat, nerve center, nerve ending, nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the double, on the job, on the spot, overhasty, panting, passing, passionate, peppery, perceptive, perfunctory, perspicacious, petulant, pith, plastic, pliable, pliant, politic, post, posthaste, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, predisposed, professional, proficient, prompt, promptly, prone, punctual, qui vive, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quick-tempered, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quickly, quite some, rapid, rapidly, raring to, rash, raw, raw nerve, ready, ready and willing, receptive, reckless, resourceful, responsive, ripe for instruction, root, running, schoolable, scintillating, secret heart, sharp, sharp-witted, shocking, short, short and sweet, short-tempered, short-term, short-termed, shrewd, skillful, slap-bang, slapdash, sleepless, slick, smart, snap, snappily, snappy, soft spot, some, sore point, sore spot, soul, spanking, speedily, speedy, spirit, spirited, spry, spunky, startling, statesmanlike, steel-trap, stylish, sudden, summary, superficial, surprising, susceptible, swift, swiftly, tactful, talented, teachable, tenacious of life, tender spot, testy, the compleat, the complete, the quick, thirsty for knowledge, timely, touchy, tractable, trainable, trippingly, true being, true inwardness, unanticipated, unblinking, under forced draft, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unnodding, unpredicted, unsleeping, unwinking, urgent, very much alive, viable, vigorous, virtuoso, vital, vital principle, vitals, vivacious, vivid, vivified, volcanic, wakeful, well-disposed, well-done, well-inclined, whip and spur, wide-awake, willed, willing, willinghearted, winged, with all haste, with giant strides, with rapid strides, with speed, workmanlike, zealous, zestful, zoeticROGET THESAURUS
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Activity
N activity, briskness, liveliness, animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy, snap, vim, nimbleness, agility, smartness, quickness, velocity, alacrity, promptitude, despatch, dispatch, expedition, haste, punctuality, eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness, abandon, vigor, devotion, exertion, industry, assiduity, assiduousness, sedulity, laboriousness, drudgery, painstaking, diligence, perseverance, indefatigation, habits of business, vigilance, wakefulness, sleeplessness, restlessness, insomnia, pervigilium, insomnium, racketing, movement, bustle, stir, fuss, ado, bother, pottering, fidget, fidgetiness, flurry, officiousness, dabbling, meddling, interference, interposition, intermeddling, tampering with, intrigue, press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action, housewife, busy bee, new brooms, sharp fellow, sharp blade, devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank, hummer, hustler, live man, rustler, active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee, lively, animated, vivacious, alive, alive and kicking, frisky, spirited, stirring, nimble, nimble as a squirrel, agile, light-footed, nimble-footed, featly, tripping, quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart, fast, quick as a lamplighter, expeditious, awake, broad awake, go-ahead, live wide-awake, forward, eager, strenuous, zealous, enterprising, in earnest, resolute, industrious, assiduous, diligent, sedulous, notable, painstaking, intent, indefatigable, unwearied, unsleeping, never tired, plodding, hard-working, businesslike, workaday, bustling, restless, restless as a hyena, fussy, fidgety, pottering, busy, busy as hen with one chicken, working, at work, on duty, in harness, up in arms, on one's legs, at call, up and doing, up and stirring, busy, occupied, hard at work, hard at it, up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger, meddling, meddlesome, pushing, officious, overofficious, intrigant, astir, stirring, agoing, afoot, on foot, in full swing, eventful, on the alert, actively, with life and spirit, with might and main &c, with haste, with wings, full tilt, in mediis rebus, Int, be alive, look alive, look sharp!, move on, push on!, keep moving!, go ahead!, stir your stumps!, age quod agis!, jaldi!, karo!, step lively!, carpe diem, seize the day, nulla dies sine linea, nec mora nec requies, the plot thickens, No sooner said than done, veni vidi vici, catch a weasel asleep, abends wird der Faule fleissig, dictum ac factum, schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Al, hard work in youth means soft rest in age, the busy hum of men.Skill
N skill, skillfulness, address, dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, expertness, proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight, mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, sleight of hand, seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship, rope-dancing, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, art, science, technicality, technology, practical knowledge, technical knowledge, knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire, tact, mother wit, discretion, finesse, craftiness, management, self-help, cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius, intelligence, sharpness, readiness, invention, aptness, aptitude, turn for, capacity for, genius for, felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation, proficient, masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force, good stroke, skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain, slick, smart, proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished, conversant, experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed, up in, well up in, in practice, in proper cue, competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished, clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed, inventive, shrewd, sharp, on the ball, cunning, alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff, discreet, neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure- footed, cut out for, fitted for, technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape, workman- like, business-like, statesman-like, skillfully, well, artistically, with skill, with consummate skill, secundum artem, suo Marte, to the best of one's abilities, ars celare artem, artes honorabit, celui qui veut celui-la peut, c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher son, expertus metuit, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein C, heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute, if you have lemons, make lemonade.Transientness
N transience, transientness, evanescence, impermanence, fugacity, caducity, mortality, span, nine days' wonder, bubble, Mayfly, spurt, flash in the pan, temporary arrangement, interregnum, velocity, suddenness, changeableness, transient, transient boarder, transient guest, transient, transitory, transitive, passing, evanescent, fleeting, cursory, short-lived, ephemeral, flying, fugacious, fugitive, shifting, slippery, spasmodic, instantaneous, momentaneous, temporal, temporary, provisional, provisory, deciduous, perishable, mortal, precarious, unstable, insecure, impermanent, brief, quick, brisk, extemporaneous, summary, pressed for time, sudden, momentary, temporarily, pro tempore, for the moment, for a time, awhile, en passant, in transitu, in a short time, soon, briefly, at short notice, on the point of, on the eve of, in articulo, between cup and lip, one's days are numbered, the time is up, here today and gone tomorrow, non semper erit aestas, eheu! fugaces labuntur anni, sic transit gloria mundi, a schoolboy's tale, the wonder of the hour!, dum loquimur fugerit invidia aetas, fugit hora, all that is transitory is but an illusion.Instantaneity
N instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy, suddenness, abruptness, moment, instant, second, minute, twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time, epoch, time, time of day, time of night, hour, minute, very minute, very time, very hour, present time, right time, true time, exact correct time, instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate, subitaneous, hasty, quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash, rapid as electricity, speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift, lively, blitz, rapid (velocity), instantaneously, in no time, in less than no time, presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice, in one's tracks, right away, toute a l'heure, at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu, at once, all at once, plump, slap, at one fell swoop, at the same instant, immediately, extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, no sooner said than done, just then, slap-dash, touch and go, no sooner said than done.Feeling
N feeling, suffering, endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense, warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence, fervor, fervency, heartiness, cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion, ecstasy, blush, suffusion, flush, hectic, tingling, thrill, turn, shock, agitation, quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor, throb, throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, panting, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment, state of excitement, feeling, sentient, sensuous, sensorial, sensory, emotive, emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive, keen, keen as a razor, trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt, heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic, earnest, wistful, eager, breathless, fervent, fervid, gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming, boiling over, pervading, penetrating, absorbing, rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical, impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap, rapt, in a quiver, enraptured, heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore, heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels, the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).Irascibility
N irascibility, irascibleness, temper, crossness, susceptibility, procacity, petulance, irritability, tartness, acerbity, protervity, pugnacity, excitability, bad temper, fiery temper, crooked temper, irritable, temper, genus irritabile, hot blood, ill humor, asperity, churlishness, huff, a word and a blow, Sir Fretful Plagiary, brabbler, Tartar, shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xantippe, porcupine, spitfire, fire eater, fury, irascible, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, irritable, susceptible, excitable, thin-skinned, fretful, fidgety, on the fret, hasty, overhasty, quick, warm, hot, testy, touchy, techy, tetchy, like touchwood, like tinder, huffy, pettish, petulant, waspish, snappish, peppery, fiery, passionate, choleric, shrewish, sudden and quick in quarrel, querulous, captious, moodish, quarrelsome, contentious, disputatious, pugnacious, cantankerous, exceptious, restiff, churlish, cross, cross as crabs, cross as two sticks, cross as a cat, cross as a dog, cross as the tongs, fractious, peevish, acari=atre, in a bad temper, sulky, angry, resentful, resentive, vindictive, Int, pish!, a vieux comptes nouvelles disputes, quamvis tegatur proditur vultu furor, vino tortus et ira.Velocity
N velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, eagle speed, expedition, pernicity, acceleration, haste, spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase, smart rate, lively rate, swift rate, rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace, round pace, flying, flight, lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind, cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver, telegraph, express train, torrent, eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee, ostrich, scorcher, Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin, log, log line, speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter, pedometer, fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet, aliped, nimble, agile, expeditious, express, active, flying, galloping, light footed, nimble footed, winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic, light-legged, light of heel, swift as an arrow, quick as lightning, quick as a thought, swiftly, with speed, apace, at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed, full drive, full gallop, posthaste, in full sail, tantivy, trippingly, instantaneously, under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam, velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time, with rapid strides, with giant strides, a pas de geant, in seven league boots, whip and spur, ventre a terre, as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one, as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed, by leaps and bounds, with haste, vires acquirit eundo, I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes, swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow, go like a bat out of hell, tempus fugit.Life
N life, vitality, viability, animation, vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit, respiration, wind, breath of life, breath of one's nostrils, oxygen, air, respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung, medical devices, lifeblood, Archeus, existence, vivification, vital force, vitalization, revivification, Prometheus, life to come, physiology, biology, animal ecology, nourishment, staff of life, genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production), microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile, methanogen, archaebacteria, microaerophile, animal, vegetable, artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence, breathing, breathing rate, heartbeat, pulse, temperature, preservation of life, healing (medicine), living, alive, in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living, on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated, animative, lively, all alive and kicking, tenacious of life, full of life, yeasty, vital, vitalic, vivifying, vivified viable, zoetic, Promethean, vivendi causa, atqui vivere militare est, non est vivere sed valere vita.Wisdom
N intelligence, wisdom, intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding, cuteness, sabe, savvy, intellect, nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect, acuteness, acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity, discernment, due sense of, good judgment, discrimination, cunning, refinement, head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head, eagle eye, eagle- glance, eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk, wisdom, sapience, sense, good sense, common sense, horse sense, plain sense, rationality, reason, reasonableness, judgment, solidity, depth, profundity, caliber, enlarged views, reach of thought, compass of thought, enlargement of mind, genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul, talent, prudence, vigilance, tact, foresight, sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast, a bright thought, not a bad idea, Solomon-like wisdom, intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp, quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted, wide- awake, canny, shrewd, astute, clear-headed, farsighted, discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing, argute, quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, alive to, clever, arch, pas si bete, acute, wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong- minded, unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed, undazzled, unperplexed, unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair, cool, cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed, long- sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting, solid, deep, profound, oracular, heaven-directed, heaven-born, prudent, sober, stand, solid, considerate, politic, wise in one's generation, watchful, provident, in advance of one' age, wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon, wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious, well- thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised, prudent, politic, expedient, aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet, but with the morning cool reflection came, flosculi sententiarum, les affaires font les hommes, mas vale saber que haber, mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit, nosce te, gnothi seauton, nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit, sapere aude, victrix fortunae sapientia.Also see definition of "quick" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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