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Weil

[ vey ]

noun

  1. André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
  2. his sister Si·mone [see-, mawn], 1909–43, French philosopher.


Weil

/ vail /

noun

  1. WeilSimone19091943FFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherRELIGION: mystic Simone (simɔn). 1909–43, French philosopher and mystic, whose works include Waiting for God (1951), The Need for Roots (1952), and Notebooks (1956)
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Example Sentences

Weil of the District appointed Vadim Brusser counsel in the firm’s antitrust and competition.

Weil believes they are a fitting epitaph to a man often described as the most influential British publisher of his generation.

“This is a man who had read everything, and this translation will live on,” Weil says.

Don Graham,” Weil continued, “is the embodiment of the Washington Post that lives on in our memories.

Editor's note: In an earlier version, Joshua Cohen was mistaken as Josh Weil.

In the introduction to the new Israeli edition, Uzi Weil called it, “The least of a book I have ever read, and the most.”

The fragment marked C by M. Weil resembles the hymn to Apollo in subject, and also in metre, but cannot belong to the same work.

There is a pool near Ashiesteil and Gleddis Weil which illustrated this.

Outside in the hall a policeman doing duty as a bailiff called the name of Lieutenant Isidore Weil, thrice repeated.

Weil passed them, going into the trial room—a short, squarely built man with oily black hair above a dark, round face.

And now then the Semitic face of Weil twisted into a grin that was more than shamefaced—it was downright sheepish.

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