1. a premise upon which the fulfillment of an agreement depends 2. something essential to the appearance or occurrence of something else; an environmental requirement 3. a restricting or modifying factor 4. a state of being
I'll be interested to hear what you find -- I loved the epigraph, but it was the truly spectacular novel, Afterimage by Helen Humphreys -- that I read.
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From Merriam Webster - because I have been looking at these words a long time....
Date: 2006-07-01 06:14 am (UTC)1. a premise upon which the fulfillment of an agreement depends
2. something essential to the appearance or occurrence of something else; an environmental requirement
3. a restricting or modifying factor
4. a state of being
Re: From Merriam Webster - because I have been looking at these words a long time....
Date: 2006-07-01 01:04 pm (UTC)Un paysage quelconque est un etat de l'ame.
Re: From Merriam Webster - because I have been looking at these words a long time....
Date: 2006-07-01 08:54 pm (UTC)I looked up HM Amiel and found some Kierkegaard fan going on about him. Now, of course, I'm gonna have to know more. :)
Thank you so much.
Re: From Merriam Webster - because I have been looking at these words a long time....
Date: 2006-07-02 04:33 pm (UTC)