Ebb: alternatives and connections

To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation…

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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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of Flow

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To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

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To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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of Ebb

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of Ebb

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of Ebb

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Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.

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To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.

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A spring; a fountain.

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A spring; a fountain.

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