That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
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To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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To reck; to care.
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To reck; to care.
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To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
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To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
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To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
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to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
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To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
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In good part; kindly.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
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Alt. of Analyser
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To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…
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To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
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To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
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To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
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To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
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To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
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To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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To force; to compel; to drive.
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To engage in continuous thought; to think.
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To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
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To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…
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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
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To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
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A state of agreement; harmony; union.
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To run together; to meet.
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To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.
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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
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To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…
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To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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A covering for the head.
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To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.
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A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
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To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…
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An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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Created; composed; begotten.
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To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.
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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…
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To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
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To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
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To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain.
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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
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To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…
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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
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To keep back or from; to withhold.
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
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To uncover.
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To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate.
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To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
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Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…
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Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
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To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their stru…
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
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To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…
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Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
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To inclose; to infold.
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To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) whi…
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To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…
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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…
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To wander; to roam; to stray.
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An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…
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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…
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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…
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To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.
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Hasty; hurried.
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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…
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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.
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To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
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To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
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To stuff; to lard; to farce.
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To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.
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To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
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To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.
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To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
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To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.
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Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…
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A frieze.
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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
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Jet, the mineral.
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Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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Gone.
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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
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To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…
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The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.
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Home.
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To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
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To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
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To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
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See Here, pron.
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It.
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
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Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
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To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
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To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
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To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
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To lead in; to introduce.
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To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
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To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
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To stretch' to extend; to distend.
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A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…
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To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.
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A deed; an action; a gest.
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To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…
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To care; to desire.
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To be lazy or idle.
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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…
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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…
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That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…
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A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
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To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
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Alt. of Manoeuvre
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Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.
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To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…
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The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.
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The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.
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A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner.
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To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
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To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.
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Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.
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To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…
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To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…
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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.
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To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
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To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.
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To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.
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To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to…
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A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
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A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one sub…
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Acting in common; participating.
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One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b)…
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To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
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To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a fou…
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Nonsense or trivial talk
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.
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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
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The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; espe…
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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…
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See Practice.
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To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.
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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
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To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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To pass by; to omit; to disregard.
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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
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To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.
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To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.
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To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…
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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
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To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.
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To raze.
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Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.
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To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
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Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage.
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To retch.
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To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
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Rennet. See 3d Reed.
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To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
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To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…
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To enact again.
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To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays o…
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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…
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To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
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To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
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To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).
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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
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To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
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To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
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To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
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To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
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To arrest.
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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…
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Restricted.
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Reverberant.
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To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
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imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i.
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A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…
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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
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A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint…
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The herb sage, or salvia.
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To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.
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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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Sick.
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To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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A seat of any kind.
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That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
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Feigned; pretended.
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To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
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A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
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To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.
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Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
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To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
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To assent to as true.
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To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
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To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnat…
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A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or…
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To leap; to jump.
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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…
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Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight o…
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A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…
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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…
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To make to exist; to make real.
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To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…
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To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
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To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.
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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
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To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
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An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
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To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…
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Taken.
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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
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One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearl…
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A knot; a fastening.
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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A plaything for children; a bawble.
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A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.
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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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To labor; to travail.
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A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…
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To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.
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To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
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To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…
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To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
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One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
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To make vulgar, or common.
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To watch; to observe; to take notice.
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A waif; a castaway.
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Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…
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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…
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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…
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To solicit in love; to court.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).
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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…
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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…
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A bringing into action; movement.
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The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.
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The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
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The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.
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The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
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An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…
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The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
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Division; separation; putting away.
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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
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The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
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The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.
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The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.
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The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
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The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate am…
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A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement;…
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Act of effectuating.
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The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.
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The act of going; egress.
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The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
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The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
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The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
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An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…
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Injury; wrong; mischief.
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The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.
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Same as Hindrance.
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The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
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See Here, pron.
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Turning a plan or policy into actual practice.
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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
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The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of…
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the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
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The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…
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of Leave
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The act of making legitimate.
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of Level
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The reasons and energy that drive someone to act.
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The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
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The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
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The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
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The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.
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The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.
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The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
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Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
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The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.
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The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a…
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Residence.
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The act retrieving.
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The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
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An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature…
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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…
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One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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of Touch
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of Uncover
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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Same as Weir.
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of Wear
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
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That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.
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To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.
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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…
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That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…
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The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exh…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
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The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance o…
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To create or form anew.
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To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…
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The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
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See Reflection.
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To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…
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To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…
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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…
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Capable of being acted.
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Capable of being acted.
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of Act
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of Act
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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…
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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…
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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
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To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
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To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…
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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…
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Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.
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Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.
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An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by…
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A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorou…
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A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, d…
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…
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A flowing in or upon; influx.
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A flowing in or upon; influx.
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To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
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To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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Dead.
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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
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A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
Emphasises agency and decision.
Created; composed; begotten.
Focuses on making something new.
To uncover.
Invites exploration and curiosity.
To disprove or make void; to refute.
Promises a positive change.
To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.
Appeals to safety and prevention.
To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
Connects action with a desired result.
To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
Promises fundamental change.
An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
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An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
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