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Continuant

noun
1.
Consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract.  Synonym: continuant consonant.
adjective
1.
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then').  Synonyms: fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident.



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... vous remercier de votre bien-veillante reception, et de vous dire que je dsire avoir ma part de l'approbation que le public accorde vos travaux, en continuant l'octroi des prix inaugur par Lord Dufferin, qui savait si bien apprcier la valeur de votre universit, et qui, en sa qualit de savant, connaissait tout le prix de l'enseignement qu'on ...
— Memories of Canada and Scotland - Speeches and Verses • John Douglas Sutherland Campbell


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