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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.
adj
Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honourably discharged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
See emeritus, + -ed.
