Suárez

[ swahr-ez; Spanish swah-reth, -res ]

/ ˈswɑr ɛz; Spanish ˈswɑ rɛθ, -rɛs /

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[fran-sis-koh; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw, -sees-], /frænˈsɪs koʊ; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ, -ˈsis-/, 1548–1617, Spanish theologian and philosopher.

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stythe, Styx, su-, suable, Suakin, Suárez, SUAS, suasion, suave, suaviter in modo, fortiter in re, suavity

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British Dictionary definitions for Suárez

Suárez

/ (Spanish ˈswarɛθ) /

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Francisco de. 1548–1617, Spanish theologian, considered the leading scholastic philosopher after Aquinas and the principal Jesuit theologian. His works include Disputationes Metaphysicae (1597) and De Legibus (1612)

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