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Sainted Saint"ed, a. 1. Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious. ``A most sainted king.' --Shak. Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats. --Milton. 2. Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.
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Dead Dead, a. 1. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use. 2. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games. [In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of Sport.
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Dead Dead, n. 1. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. When the drum beat at dead of night. --Campbell. 2. One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively. And Abraham stood up from before his dead. --Gen. xxiii. 3.
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Dead Dead, adv. To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloq.] I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy. --Dickens. Dead drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious.
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Dead Dead, v. i. To die; to lose life or force. [Obs.] So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway. --Bacon.

Meaning of dead from wikipedia

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