To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
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The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
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To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
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Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
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A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
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To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
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A warbling; a trill.
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The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.
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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…
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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 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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The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.
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