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Meanings of become stationary in English

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Usage of become stationary in English
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Even the Chinampas have become stationary, and have occasionally joined the continent.
Life in Mexico
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To become stationary in its growth, before it arrives at maturity.
A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females / Being a Seri...
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Thus the rate of wealth production would cease to advance, and become stationary.
Equality
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The population of Tahiti, after a period of alarming decrease, has again become stationary.
In the South Seas / Being an Account of Experiences and Observat...
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Here at last I am become stationary, and have taken a farm and- awife
The Letters of Robert Burns
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Probably the hamlet has now finished with its nomadic existence, and has definitely become stationary.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
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Other religions have their rise, progress, decline, and fall, or else are arrested and become stationary.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
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Everything tends to become stationary and fixed.
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books / with Introductions, Not...
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Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the pri...
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When they meet, the island must necessarily become stationary, and that at a great distance from any land.
The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
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The former has become stationary in production, while the latter, if left, is earning money by growing in quantity and quality.
Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest / Protecting Existin...
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This is the reason why the former description of services so often become stationary, while the latter obey the law of progress.
Essays on Political Economy
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The water had again become stationary, but its last rise had diminished the amount of breathing space by more than eight inches.
Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
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It now seems as if it were advancing towards the stony mountains, and probably will not become stationary till it reaches the Pacific Ocean.
Wanderings in South America
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The stone was raised a little over a foot, then became stationary.
Under the Andes
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The appearance out the vision port became stationary, but still unbelievable.
This World Is Taboo
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