L'Hospital

or L'Hô·pi·tal

[ law-pee-tal; English loh-pi-tal ]

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noun

Guil·laume Fran·çois An·toine de [gee-, yohm, f, r, ah, n, -, swa, ah, n, -, twan, d, uh], 1661–1704, French mathematician.

Five or six times in one day they returned to the charge, although L'Hospital mournfully observed that he had abandoned hope.

Chancellor L'Hospital distinguished himself by his determined opposition, and boldly refuted the churchman's arguments.

Catharine and Michel de l'Hospital, and many another, read its import at a glance.

There has been great confusion respecting this altercation between Lorraine and L'Hospital.

The arguments of L'Hospital which I have laid before the reader furnish sufficient proof.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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