The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
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of Acquire
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of Get
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The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
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A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial trans…
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The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
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of Borrow
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The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.
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The act or right of purchasing before others.
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The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.
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The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…
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The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or o…
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