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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Argentan
Britannica 11thARGENTAN, a town of north-western France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Ome, 27 m. N.N.W. of Alencon on the railway from Le Mans to Caen. Pop. (1906) 5072. It is situated on the slope of a hill on the right bank of the Orne at its confluenc ...
Vol. 2, pp. 460-460
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Argenton
Britannica 11thARGENTON, a town of western France, in the department of Indre, on the Creuse, 19 m. S.S.W. of Ch&teauroux on the Orleans railway. Pop. (1006) 3638. The river is crossed by two bridges, and its banks arc bordered by picturesque old houses. There are numerous t
Vol. 2, pp. 475-475
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Argument
Britannica 11thARGUMENT, a word meaning " proof," " evidence," corresponding in English to the Latin word argumentum, from which it is derived; the originating Latin verb arguere, to make clear, from which comes the English " argue," is from a root meaning bright, appearing
Vol. 2, pp. 482-483
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