Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…
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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
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The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.
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See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
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The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
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The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…
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The act of exploiting or utilizing.
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The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evapor…
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Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.
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To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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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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The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a publ…
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To view or see again; to look back on.
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Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain u…
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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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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…
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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…
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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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Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.
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Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the pe…
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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…
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To inclose; to infold.
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The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort…
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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…
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Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one t…
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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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The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…
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The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…
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Rennet. See 3d Reed.
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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…
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Taken.
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Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
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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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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…
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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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Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
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To inclose; to infold.
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To inclose; to infold.
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of Exercise
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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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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 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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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
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The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.
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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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See Practice.
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The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
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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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The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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