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    item , adv. [L. See Iterate.] Also; as an additional article.
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    item , n. [From Item, adv.]
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    1. An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill; he picked up four items at the drug store.
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    2. A hint; an innuendo. [Obs.]
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      A secret item was given to some of the bishops . . . to absent themselves.
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    3. A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.
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    4. A topic or piece of information having the salacious character of gossip, especially a romantic relation between two people; as, I hear that the boss and his new secretary are an item.
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    Item, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Itemed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Iteming.] To make a note or memorandum of.
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    I have itemed it in my memory.
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