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given

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given
1. Maths known or determined independently
2. (on official documents) issued or executed, as on a stated date
3. Philosophy the supposed raw data of experience


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In the traditional conception, a particular event A caused a particular event B, and by this it was implied that, given any event B, some earlier event A could be discovered which had a relation to it, such that--
Notice having been given of his intention [of instructing the Indians], Mr.
Some persons will probably say, that the employments of the state ought to be given according to every particular excellence of each citizen, if there is no other difference between them and the rest of the community, but they are in every respect else alike: for justice attributes different things to persons differing from each other in their character, according to their respective merits.
 
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