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The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acce…

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Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

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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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The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

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A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

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To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

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To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

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The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

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The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ce…

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To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

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A hump; a protuberance.

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A looking after; a regard to.

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Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

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The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.

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Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.

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The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.

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The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very sl…

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

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Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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To fasten on, as armor.

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To fasten on, as armor.

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One who hugs or embraces.

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One who hugs or embraces.

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of Hug

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of Hug

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An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vesse…

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Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

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The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

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To fasten on, as armor.

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A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

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One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

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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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A small horse.

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A little teat; a nipple.

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