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Base
adjective · 78% connection
Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Beneficiary
adjective · 78% connection
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Breathless
adjective · 78% connection
Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Communism
noun · 78% connection
A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Confine
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Consign
verb · 78% connection
To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Constrain
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Dispossession
noun · 78% connection
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Disseize
verb · 78% connection
To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Enjoyment
noun · 78% connection
The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Expropriate
verb · 78% connection
To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Folkland
noun · 78% connection
Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his disc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Fruition
noun · 78% connection
Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Hold
noun · 78% connection
The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; posse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Hustings
n. pl. · 78% connection
A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Hypothecate
verb · 78% connection
To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
Impatronization
noun · 78% connection
Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
In
adverb · 78% connection
With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: holding, held, formerly, possession.
