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  • 1germane — adjective Etymology: Middle English germain, literally, having the same parents, from Anglo French Date: 14th century 1. obsolete closely akin 2. being at once relevant and appropriate ; fitting < omit details that are not germane to the&#8230; …

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  • 2germane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. relevant, pertinent, apropos, to the point. See relation. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [jur MANE] relevant, pertinent. Your comment is not germane to the subject at hand. SYN …

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  • 3germane — adjective your question is not germane to the topic at hand Syn: relevant, pertinent, applicable, apposite, material; apropos, appropriate, apt, fitting, suitable; connected, related, akin Ant: irrelevant …

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  • 4germane, relevant, material —    Germane and relevant are synonymous. Both indicate a pertinence to the matter under discussion. Material has the additional connotation of being necessary. A material point is one without which an argument would be incomplete. A germane or&#8230; …

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  • 5germane — mid 14c., having the same parents, derived from GERMAN (Cf. german) (1); Cf. human/humane, urban/urbane. Main modern sense of closely connected, relevant (c.1600) derives from use in Hamlet Act V, Scene ii: The phrase would bee more Germaine to&#8230; …

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  • 6Germane — Germanium tetrahydride …

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  • 7germane — adjective formal an idea, remark etc that is germane to something is connected with it in an important and suitable way; relevant (+ to): It s an interesting idea, but not really germane to the main argument. | economic solutions germane to the&#8230; …

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  • 8germane —  , relevant, material  Germane and relevant are synonymous.  Both indicate a pertinence to the matter under discussion. Material has the additional connotation of being necessary. A material point is one without which an argument would be&#8230; …

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  • 10Commentary on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid — Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid &#160; Cover showing the author, lef …

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