That which serves as a standard by which a thing is estimated with ex : aliquid vitā, to measure a thing by life , i. e. to hold it as dear as life

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That which serves as a standard by which a thing is estimated with ex : aliquid vitā, to measure a thing by life , i. e. to hold it as dear as life 
That which serves as a standard by which a thing is estimated with ex : aliquid vitā, to measure a thing by life , i. e. to hold it as dear as life 

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