To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
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To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
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To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
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To wait; to pause; to delay.
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To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…
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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
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To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.
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To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
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Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
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an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"
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Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of…
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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 confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
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To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.
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To make legal.
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Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession…
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To legitimate.
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To legitimate.
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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 consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
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A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil…
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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
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An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion tak…
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To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
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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 suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with;…
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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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To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
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Approbation; sanction.
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The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
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To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
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The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…
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The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…
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The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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See Vis/.
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Praiseworthy; laudable.
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Praiseworthy; laudable.
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Same as Indorse.
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Same as Indorse.
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The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
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The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
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Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
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Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
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To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
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To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
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Same as Indorsement.
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A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.
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The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
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One who kisses.
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To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
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A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.
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To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
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The face or visage.
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The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by t…
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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…
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One who smiles.
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The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.
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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…
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To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…
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To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…
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