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Anyone know where I might be able to download a dictionary/thesaurus in text or xml that is free as in, well free. I need something that I can use in max for my "algo writer thingy", something I just wanna make for assistance with writing abstract poetry and suchery.

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I don't know of such a thing that can be done locally, but

dictionary.com and thesaurus.com are fairly straightforward to hack. 

You could even use them to build your own dictionary/thesaurus. I did

it using an mxj object where I donloaded the web pages and parsed them

Mixmaster Max,
I don't know of such a thing that can be done locally, but
dictionary.com and thesaurus.com are fairly straightforward to hack. 
You could even use them to build your own dictionary/thesaurus.  I did
it using an mxj object where I donloaded the web pages and parsed them
out into word and synonyms.

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On around Jan 31, 2006, at 16:33, bine~ said something like:

> Anyone know where I might be able to download a dictionary/thesaurus 

> in text or xml that is free as in, well free. I need something that I 

> can use in max for my "algo writer thingy", something I just wanna 

> make for assistance with writing abstract poetry and suchery.

If you Google on a half-dozen unrelated words you'll find quite a few 

q=outstanding+exceeds+expectation+acceptable+poor+dreadful+t roll>.

Hmmm. Not such a good example (for this task, as good as it is for the 

allgemeinbildung). Try "aardvark aback abacus abandon abasement abash 

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On around Jan 31, 2006, at 16:33, bine~ said something like:
> Anyone know where I might be able to download a dictionary/thesaurus  
> in text or xml that is free as in, well free. I need something that I  
> can use in max for my "algo writer thingy", something I just wanna  
> make for assistance with writing abstract poetry and suchery.

If you Google on a half-dozen unrelated words you'll find quite a few  
word collections.

 q=outstanding+exceeds+expectation+acceptable+poor+dreadful+t roll>.

Hmmm. Not such a good example (for this task, as good as it is for the  
allgemeinbildung). Try "aardvark aback abacus abandon abasement abash  
abbey" instead.

okay, the word lists are cool, so is castines idea. Now, anyone know where I can get a thesaurus?

okay, the word lists are cool, so is castines idea.  Now, anyone know where I can get a thesaurus?


bumpity, looking for a thesaurus in txt or xml format for a max ap, haven't had much luck finding it in the usual places.

need a dictionary/thesaurus for a max patch