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 the body.
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To inclose; to infold.
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To inclose; to infold.
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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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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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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…
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In good part; kindly.
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To distribute by lot.
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To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
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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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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
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To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
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To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…
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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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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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Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
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To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…
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To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…
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To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…
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To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
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imp. & p. p. of Fight.
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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
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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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To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
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That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…
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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 bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
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To attach, as by a bond.
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To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…
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The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…
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To carry or send back.
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To bring back; to restore.
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The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
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Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…
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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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To aim; to direct.
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To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…
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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
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To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
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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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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
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The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from w…
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A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
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To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
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Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
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To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…
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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…
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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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A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
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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 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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The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…
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To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.
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To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.
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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 bend.
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A pit.
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A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence…
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To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
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Active power or movement; spring.
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of Run
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The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
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To let down; to lower.
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To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
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See Swab.
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Taken.
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To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
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To set the foot; to step.
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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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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Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
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Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
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One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
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One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
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Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
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Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
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He who, or that which, applies.
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He who, or that which, applies.
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The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
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The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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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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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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The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
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The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
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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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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
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To inclose; to infold.
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To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
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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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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…
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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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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 renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
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To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
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