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alter idem

American  
[ahl-ter ee-dem, awl-ter ahy-dem, al-] / ˈɑl tɛr ˈi dɛm, ˈɔl tər ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈæl- /

noun

Latin.

  1. another exactly the same.

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The poet also resigns himself to his mood, and that thought which agitated him is expressed, but alter idem, in a manner totally new.

From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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