He frequented mostly the society of women; because he thought them more richly endowed by nature with pity and modesty, two pacific qualities which, he said, alone temper the combatative propensities of human beings.
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Combatative
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Some are loquacious; some are argumentative and religious; some are lascivious; some are excessively foolish; some are brutal, beastly, ugly, quarrelsome, wicked, combatative, murderous. Others are simply stupid.
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As this caterpillar is very readily dislodged, jarring the tree and killing the insect on the ground is a convenient combatative measure.
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Angus Cameron, he knew, was one of those unfortunates who are born with a sure knowledge of their constituted rights and the combatative zeal to defend them at any cost.
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