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mile

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  1. measure               
 
mile \'mi-(*)l\ n [ME, fr. OE mi-l; akin to OHG mi-la mile; both fr. a 
   prehisto]ric WGmc word borrowed fr. L milia miles, fr. milia passuum, lit., 
   thousands of paces, fr. milia, pl. of mille thousand, perh. fr. a 
   prehistoric compound whose constituents are akin to Gk mia (fem. of heis 
   one) and to Gk chilioi thousand, Skt sahasra - more at SAME : any of 
   various units of distance : as  : a unit equal to 5280 feet  : NAUTICAL 
   MILE