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PRESTIGE , influence and authority exercised by reason of sigh reputation. It is one of the few words which have gained a meaning superior to that of original
French , from which it has been borrowed by English
century . The Latin -tands for praestrigium, from praestringere, to bind or fasten tight, hence to blindfold; others derive from praestinguere, to darken, obscure, deceive. The word was at first generally used as foreign and italicized; thus the New English
Paul
modern
Napoleon
French retain the original
conjuring
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