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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
An electuary compounded of four medicines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Latin diatessarōn, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων (tessárōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”)).
