Interest: alternatives and connections

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

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To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

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The griffin.

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To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.

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The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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To bring forth young.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…

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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Same as Poor, the fish.

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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.

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To carry or send back.

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To bring back; to restore.

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The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; h…

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That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

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A calling away; a diversion.

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Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.

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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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See Color.

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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to som…

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Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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property; possession; tenure.

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A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

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A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby comm…

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A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intellige…

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The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the…

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The act of returning, or coming back; return.

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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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The quality or state of being shrill.

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of Interest

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of Interest

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That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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The condition or quality of being interesting.

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The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.

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The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the…

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Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for…

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A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

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To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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of Bear

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of Bear

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