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segue

SEG-way; SAYG-way
verb:
To proceed without interruption; to make a smooth transition.

[From Italian, there follows, third-person sing. present tense of seguire, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequ. See sekw-1 in Indo-European Roots.]

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Onomatopoeia

on·o·mat·o·poe·ia
noun:
The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

[Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoii, from onomatopoios, coiner of names : onoma, onomat-, name; see n-men- in Indo-European Roots + poiein, to make; see kwei-2 in Indo-European Roots.]

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antebellum

adjective:
Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

[Latin ante bellum : ante, before + bellum, war.]