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 Acra’sia (Self-indulgence).Acre. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Acra’tes (3 syl.),
 
i.e., incontinence; called by Spenser the father of Cymoch’ls and Pyroch’ls.—Faëry Queen, ii. 4.   1
 


 Acra’sia (Self-indulgence).Acre. 

 
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