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Portia

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Portia (pôr`shə), in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus Uranus (yrā`nəs, y
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Portia [′pȯr·shə]
(astronomy)
A satellite of Uranus orbiting at a mean distance of 41,070 miles (66,100 kilometers) with a period of 12 hours 21 minutes, and with a diameter of about 68 miles (110 kilometers).

Portia
heiress disguises herself as a lawyer and wins a case for her fiancé’s friend. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice]
See : Disguise

Portia
takes own life after husband, Brutus’s, suicide. [Rom. Hist.: Plutarch’s Lives]

Portia
as a lawyer, ingeniously interprets to Shylock the terms of Antonio’s bond. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice]
See : Justice


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Bassanio's need is urgent, for he loves the beautiful lady Portia and desires to marry her.
He reflected how convinced Anselmo would be that he had a second Portia for a wife, and he looked forward anxiously to meeting him in order to rejoice together over falsehood and truth the most craftily veiled that could be imagined.
 
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