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A Word A Day — exorable

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

exorable

PRONUNCIATION:

(EK-suhr-uh-buhl)

MEANING:

adjective: Capable of being persuaded or moved.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin exorare (to prevail upon), from ex- (out) + orare (to pray, beg).

USAGE:

“Without reform, the result is an exorable middle-class tax increase.”
Jonathan Rauch; A Bad Tax With Good Timing; National Journal (Washington, DC); Mar 18, 2006.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves. -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880)

Three comments on this post so far. Add yours!
  • lewis8457 on May 06 at 2:47 p.m.

    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

    We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves. -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880)

    you know i was thinking just that thought at a funeral i attended several weeks ago. when we die we have a minister stand there and tell our family and friends how we are now in the kingdom of heaven, but how many actually believe that when they are alive?

  • spokelooneh on May 06 at 9:20 p.m.

    “when we die we have a minister stand there and tell our family and friends how we are now in the kingdom of heaven, but how many actually believe that when they are alive?”

    -Lewis

    Doesn’t matter. The bulk of Christ’s teachings, and most other religions, is about how we should relate to one another IN THIS WORLD.

    Those that emphasize the after-life, if there is one, are seriously ignorant about Jesus’s teaching and philosophy.

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