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FWIW, I’m English mother tongue, consider myself to have a pretty good vocabulary, and I’d never heard this one either. 

David

> On 23 Aug 2016, at 8:35 PM, avri doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> On 23-Aug-16 00:32, Norbert Klein wrote:
>> "*dirempt*"? - I am still "not among the English mother tongue" guys.
> 
> https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt
> 
> 
>  dirempt
> 
>  * Define <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#define>
>  * Relate <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#relate>
>  * List <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#lists>
>  * Discuss <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#discuss>
>  * See <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#see>
>  * Hear <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#hear>
>  * Love <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#>
> 
> 
>    Definitions
> 
> 
>      from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
> 
>  * adj. Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
>  * v. To separate; to divide; to break off.
> 
> 
>      from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary
>      of English
> 
>  * adj. Divided; separated.
>  * transitive v. To separate by force; to tear apart.
> 
> 
>      from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
> 
>  * To separate by violence; put asunder; break off.
>  * Parted; separated.
> 
> 
>    Etymologies
> 
>> From the Latin /diremptus/ ("separated”, “divided"), the past participle
> of /dirimō/ ("I separate”, “I divide"), formed
> as /dir-/ (/prevocalic/ variant of /dis-/ ("apart”, “asunder"))
> + /emō/ ("I take"); compare /dirempt²/. (Wiktionary)
>> From the Latin dirempt-, the past participial stem of dirimō. /Prima
> facie/, the derivation of the verb appears identical with that of the
> adjective; however, whilst closely related, each carries a subtly
> different /semantic/ force — the verb takes merely the form of the Latin
> participle, whereas the adjective takes its meaning as well. (Wiktionary)
> 
>> Norbert
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/23/2016 2:44 AM, avri doria wrote:
>> Please forgive the typo.
>> I mean NCSG
>> 
>> I do agree, if we were to *dirempt*, we may find we have a larger non
>> voting SG than we do a voting SG.
>> 
>> avri
>> 
>> On 22-Aug-16 15:25, Ron Wickersham wrote:
>>> On Mon, 22 Aug 2016, avri doria wrote:
>>> 
>>> ---snip---
>>> 
>>>> they were things that the EC was supposed to have written procedures for
>>>> that were reviewed by the NVSG members.
>>> NVSG means "Non Voting Stakeholders group"   ;)
>>> 
>>> The non-voting stakeholders have never been properly represented.  Should
>>> there be a working group formed to ensure that this oversight does not
>>> continue?
>>> 
>>> -ron
>>> 
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