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   Tra·vail

   /trəˈvā(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. painful or laborious effort: "advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail"
   • ▪ labor pains: "a woman in travail"

   verb

   • 1. engage in painful or laborious effort: "creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny"
   • ▪ (of a woman) be in labor.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin trepalium ‘instrument of torture’, from Latin tres ‘three’ + palus ‘stake’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   • R

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   • A

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   • V

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   • A

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   • I

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   • L

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