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fugue
noun(fugue)
a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts
fugue
noun(fugue)
something that resembles a fugue especially in interweaving repetitive elements
fugue
noun(fugue)
a disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the acts performed

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