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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

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Fixed; solidified.

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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a s…

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Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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See Reenforcement.

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A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and…

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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.

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One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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One and one; twice one.

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To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

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Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.

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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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A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…

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To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

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One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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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 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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A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one…

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To set the foot; to step.

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To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

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A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.

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A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.

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A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…

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A sort of wild plum.

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One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

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To swell; to bulge out.

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A knot; a fastening.

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In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

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In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

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A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

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The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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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 dor…

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A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.

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That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

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A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

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A union of two; duality.

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A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

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A composition for two performers; a duet.

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Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

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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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A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.

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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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One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

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Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

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A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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