To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
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To applaud.
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To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
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To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
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To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.
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Alt. of Exserted
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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
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To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
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To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
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obs. p. p. of Shake.
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To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
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That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
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imp. of Spit.
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See Waive.
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To nod; to sleep; to nap.
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To share in common; to participate in.
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To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.
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The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.
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The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.
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Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
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Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
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Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…
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