To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
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To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
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To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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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 press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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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 draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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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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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
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To charm; to captivate.
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To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
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To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
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To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
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To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
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To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
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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 lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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A melody; a song.
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To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of book…
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To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
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The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…
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To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.
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Jet, the mineral.
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To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
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A tedious journey.
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To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
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To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…
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To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…
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Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction.
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Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction.
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An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending…
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An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending…
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Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
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Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
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One who, or that which, attracts.
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One who, or that which, attracts.
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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 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 make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…
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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 draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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