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hubris

  • hu·bris /ˈhjuːbrəs, ˈhjuːbrɪs/ noun [uncountable]
    • literary too much pride

dwell

  • dwell /dwel/ verb (past tense and past participle dwelt /dwelt/ or dwelled) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]

    • literary to live in a particular place:
      • They dwelt in the forest.

  • dwell on/upon something phrasal verb

    • to think or talk for too long about something, especially something unpleasant:
      • That is not a subject I want to dwell on.

solicit

so·li·cit /səˈlɪsət, səˈlɪsɪt/ verb

  1. [intransitive usually progressive] to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money:
    • She was arrested for soliciting.
  2. [intransitive and transitive] formal to ask someone for money, help, or information:
    • Morgan is accused of illegally soliciting campaign contributions.
    • solicit something from somebody
      • The governor sent two officials to Mexico City to solicit aid from the President.
  3. [intransitive and transitive] American English to try to sell a product or service by taking it to homes or businesses and showing it to the people there:
    • No soliciting on company premises is allowed.

emerge

e·merge W2 AC /ɪˈmɜːdʒ $ -ɜːrdʒ/ verb [intransitive]

  1. to appear or come out from somewhere:
    • The flowers emerge in the spring.
    • emerge from
      • The sun emerged from behind the clouds.
  2. if facts emerge, they become known after being hidden or secret → come out:
    • Eventually the truth emerged.
    • Later it emerged that the judge had employed an illegal immigrant.
  3. to come out of a difficult experience
    • emerge from
      • She emerged from the divorce a stronger person.
  4. to begin to be known or noticed:
    • a religious sect that emerged in the 1830s
    • emerge as
      • Local government has recently emerged as a major issue.

prevailing

pre·vail·ing /prɪˈveɪlɪŋ/ adjective [only before noun]

  1. existing or accepted in a particular place or at a particular time SYN current:
    • The prevailing mood of public opinion remained hostile.
    • the prevailing economic conditions in Northern Ireland
  2. prevailing wind a wind that blows over a particular area most of the time