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check 1 threat to the king at chess XIV; †attack, reprimand XIV; (f. the vb.) arrest, restriction XVI; counterfoil, identifying token (cf.
CHEQUE) XVIII. Aphetic — OF.
eschec (mod.
échec), alt. of *
eschac :- Rom. (medL.)
scaccus — (via Arab.) Pers.
šāh king,
SHAH; cf.
CHECKMATE,
CHESS,
EXCHEQUER.
So
check vb. put in check, arrest, stop. XIV.
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New Partnership for Africa's Development.(Work-in-Progress Review Workshop, January 24, 2002)(remarks by Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, President of South Africa)(Excerpt)(Transcript)
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Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
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Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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