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Ille

[ eel ]

/ il /

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noun

a river in Ille-et-Vilaine in W France, flowing S to Rennes.

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Words nearby Ille

ill-conditioned, ill-considered, ill-defined, ill-disguised, ill-disposed, Ille, Ille-et-Vilaine, illegal, illegal alien, illegality, illegalize

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How to use Ille in a sentence

Nam Sacerdos ille, qui huc ante nos aduenerat, nostro statim adutu in Galliam sua ipse sponte & pro veteri desiderio remigrauit.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Cui ille, ‘Nec mirum, quia de diabolo venerunt, et ad diabolum ibunt.’
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple|Charles G. Addison
Ille loquens non credit aliquam mulierem plus esse castam quam ista Puella erat.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
Qui non dat quod amat, non accipit ille quod optat, was an inscription on an old chequer-board of the times of Henry II.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II.|Various

Nihili stimo, ait ille tympanista, e pergamen factitius est.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne