Agrippa

[ uh-grip-uh ]

/ əˈgrɪp ə /

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noun

Marcus Vip·sa·ni·us

[vip-sey-nee-uhs], /vɪpˈseɪ ni əs/, 63–12 b.c., Roman statesman, general, and engineer: defeated Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.

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How to use Agrippa in a sentence

The father of Agrippa d'Aubign was, as his son informs us, one of the commissioners sent on this occasion to Guyenne.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
But his intimate follower, Agrippa d'Aubign, would have been likely to give him as authority, had this been the case.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
The conclusions which Agrippa drew were not so strange to the eyes of his contemporaries as they are to ours.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
A foolish fellow entered Agrippa's study, and raised the devil therein during the magician's absence.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant

On Agrippa coming home, he found several spirits dancing on the house-top.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant

British Dictionary definitions for Agrippa

Agrippa

/ (əˈɡrɪpə) /

noun

Marcus Vipsanius (ˈmɑːkəs vɪpˈseɪnɪəs). 63–12 bc, Roman general: chief adviser and later son-in-law of Augustus

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