simul
Americanadverb
noun
Etymology
Origin of simul
Example Sentences
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Reshevsky employs the classic simul tactic of a sharp opening to flummox his lower-rated opponent, but Bogart handles things relatively well despite coming out a pawn down.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
The phrase derives from simul justus et peccator, which means “At the same time saint and sinner,” a concept that Martin Luther used to describe everyday Christians.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2019
This fact, Hansen considers, explains the otherwise unintelligible passage of Ennius quoted above: instead of saying et nox, he should have said et simul nox, “and immediately it was night.”
From The Story of Eclipses by Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)
The following gives us the name of one Master Gerard, who, in the fourteenth century, thus poetically described his ownership:- "Si Ge ponatur—et rar simul associatur - Et dus reddatur—cui pertinet ita vocatur."
From The Library by Lang, Andrew
The definition given by Boëtius387 emphasizes these points, as also the indefectible character of immutable life in the Eternal Being: Aeternitas est interminabilis vitae tota simul et prefecta possessio.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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