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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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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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Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

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To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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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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A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or o…

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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 play or game for money or other stake.

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To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

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A game of chance played with dice.

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Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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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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of Bat

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Fertile. See Battel, a.

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Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cl…

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of Bid

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The act of contributing.

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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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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 cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

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Gone.

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The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

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A striving; an effort; a conatus.

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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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Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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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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of Run

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of Seek

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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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of Shoot

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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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of Strive

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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One who attempts; one who essays anything.

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One who attempts; one who essays anything.

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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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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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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Sick.

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Sick.

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Trial; attempt; essay.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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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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Sick.

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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 take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

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