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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Descartes

/(dā̇*kärt")/ · IPA /deɪˈkɑːt/
01 prop. n. René Descartes, a French philosopher and mathematician, born 1596, died 1650. See biography, below.
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    René Descartes, a French philosopher and mathematician, born 1596, died 1650. See biography, below.