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Pré⋅vost d'Ex⋅iles

[prey-voh deg-zeel]
–noun
An⋅toine Fran⋅çois [ahn-twan frahn-swa] , (“Abbé Prévost”), 1697–1763, French novelist.
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Pré·vost d'Ex·iles   (prā-vō' děg-zēl')   
French writer and cleric who left the religious life to pursue worldly interests. His literary repute lies on the novel Manon Lescaut (1731).
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