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Octavia

[ ok-tey-vee-uh ]

noun

  1. died 11 b.c., sister of Roman emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Anthony.
  2. a.d. c42–62, Roman empress, wife of Nero.
  3. a female given name.


Octavia

/ ɒkˈteɪvɪə /

noun

  1. Octavia11 bcFRomanMISC: wife of Mark Antony died 11 bc , wife of Mark Antony; sister of Augustus


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USA Today Murder, She Wrote getting a reboot, Octavia Spencer will star.

Other segments include performances by Melissa Leo, Octavia Spencer, Brittany Snow and Jean Smart.

Octavia Spencer got a standing ovation when she won the supporting actress award for The Help.

And actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, also acknowledged today, are all but locks in their Oscar categories.

The Help was a dramatic vehicle for standouts Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer.

Some can sew for the poor, some can cook, some can manage tenement houses as Octavia Hill has done.

Octavia sprang up, her white fists clenched, her eyes blazing and her figure quivering with outraged anger.

Octavia changed color and listened with intensified interest as the counsellor nodded toward her.

Halting before the great bronze-valved door, Conan caught Octavia by her shoulders and shook her in his intensity.

The bolt on the bronze portal clanged and Conan stifled an awful oath as he saw Octavia come into the room.

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