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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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The herb sage, or salvia.

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The herb sage, or salvia.

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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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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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To support or sustain; to hold up.

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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.

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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To make the noise of the cuckoo.

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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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To keep back or from; to withhold.

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To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

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The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

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Fixed; solidified.

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To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Jet, the mineral.

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To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To lead in; to introduce.

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A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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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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To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

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To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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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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Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtract…

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To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.

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To arrest.

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

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Of a white or pale color; without color.

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To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

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To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect…

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To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

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To bend or curve

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Care, heed, or attention.

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To lead forth or out.

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.

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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

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The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

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To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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Gone.

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A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

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Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

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Haired.

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Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

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Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

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See Picle.

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To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Alt. of Recoupe

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To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

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To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

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To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

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To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Restricted.

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To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; aft…

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The herb sage, or salvia.

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To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.

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That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

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Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatur…

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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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To nod; to sleep; to nap.

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To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

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of Amenity

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The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

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Real being; existence.

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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

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One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

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The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

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The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

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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 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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Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.

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Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.

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Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

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Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

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One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.

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One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.

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That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Going before; preceding.

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Going before; preceding.

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

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The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

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A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

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To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.

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A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.

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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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The herb sage, or salvia.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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