To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
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Taken.
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Taken.
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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 be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior 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 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 direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
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To wait for; to await.
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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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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 lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…
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Taken.
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To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
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Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
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The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…
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Feigned; counterfeit.
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Hot.
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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 take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
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To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.
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A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
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A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
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A cormorant.
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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
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To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…
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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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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 assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
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Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims.
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Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims.
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The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.
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The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.
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A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
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A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
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Alt. of Pretence
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Alt. of Pretence
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Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.
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Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.
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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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To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place o…
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To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.
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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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To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
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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 touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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Taken.
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To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp…
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Same as Weir.
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