To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
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To call out; to summon forth.
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To call out; to summon forth.
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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…
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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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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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Created; composed; begotten.
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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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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obs. p. p. of Shake.
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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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To change the place of in any manner; to move.
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To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.
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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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Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.
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To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
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To curse; to execrate.
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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a s…
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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
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To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
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To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
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To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
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To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
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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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To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.
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To call out; to summon forth.
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
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A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…
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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.
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To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
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Infatuated.
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To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…
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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…
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To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.
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To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…
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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…
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Accursed; abominable.
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To strike against; to attack; to assail.
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To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
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To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
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To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…
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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
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To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
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To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a…
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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 invigorate anew.
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To kindle again.
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To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
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To return.
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To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
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To cause to revive.
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obs. p. p. of Shake.
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A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…
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Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
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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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To change the place of in any manner; to move.
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To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
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To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
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A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.
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To set up; to put upright.
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To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
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The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
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To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
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The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.
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The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.
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That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
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That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
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The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.
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The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.
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The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.
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imp. of Sleep. Slept.
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To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
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To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
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That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
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To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
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To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
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To call out; to summon forth.
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…
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To bring forth young.
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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
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To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
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The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…
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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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To change the place of in any manner; to move.
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The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
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To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
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