To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
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The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
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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 make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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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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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…
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To inclose; to infold.
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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…
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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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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 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 follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…
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To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
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To retch.
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To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
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To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of…
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An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
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To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
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A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
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To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.
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That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…
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A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, f…
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A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed i…
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A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed i…
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The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.
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The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.
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One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.
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One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.
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The act of devoting; consecration.
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The act of devoting; consecration.
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Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…
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Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…
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A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who i…
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A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who i…
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The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentiment…
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The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentiment…
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.
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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
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Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
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To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…
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See Intrust.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain…
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To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.
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To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a fou…
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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…
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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…
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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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A pit.
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To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
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Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…
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