Agrippa
[ə'gripə]
Definition
(noun.) Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).
Checked by Alyson--From WordNet
Examples
- Cornelius Agrippa! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Professor Krempe often asked me, with a sly smile, how Cornelius Agrippa went on? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In this house I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I was so curious to know the truth of this story, that I desired Agrippa might be called, who was admiral in that fight. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- This last stroke completed the overthrow of Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus, who had so long reigned the lords of my imagination. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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