PITT, WILLIAM
\pˈɪt], \pˈɪt], \p_ˈɪ_t]\
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(1759-1806), second son of the Earl of Chatham, became Prime Minister of England in 1783. He inforced the English navigation acts against the United States with great severity, yet his policy was liberal in the main. He resigned office in 1801.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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