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 throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
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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 act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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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 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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Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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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 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 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 move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
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A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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To urge; to persuade; to incite.
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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
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Separated; drawn asunder.
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Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
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To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…
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To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
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To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
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To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
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To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
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To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
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To set up; to put upright.
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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…
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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…
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To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
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To urge; to persuade; to incite.
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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
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To set up; to put upright.
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To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
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