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  1. vain
    without use result conceited 
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  2. vain
    1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. 'Thy vain excuse.' 'Every man walketh in a vain show.' (Ps. Xxxix. 6) 'Let no man deceive you with vain words.' (Eph. V. 6) 'Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye!' (Shak) 'Vain visdom all, and false phi...
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  3. Vain
    • (superl.) Showy; ostentatious. • (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one`s own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated. • (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectu...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. vain
    vain 1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless; such as, a vain attempt. 2. Lacking substance or worth; for example, vain talk. 3. Excessively proud of one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited. 4. Etymology: 'devoid of real value, idle, unprofitable', from Old French vein, 'worthless';...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  5. Vain
    (horse) --> --> `Vain` (1966–1991) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two. He then went on to become a Leading sire in Australia. The chestnu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vain

  6. Vain
    (band) `Vain` are a glam metal band formed in the San Francisco bay area in 1986, during the last wave of the Glam Metal era, when the area`s main musical export was thrash metal. Formed by vocalist and main songwriter Davy Vain, Vain were signed to Island Records, who released their debut al...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vain

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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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