Lift: alternatives and connections

A bringing into action; movement.

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To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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To change or modify in any way for the better

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The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

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To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

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The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

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To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

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An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or…

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Elevated; raised aloft.

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To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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Gone.

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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To disprove or make void; to refute.

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One who, or that which, lays.

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To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to deter…

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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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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 perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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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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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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

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A wicker fish basket.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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of Rise

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A bed of oysters or mussels.

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To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be…

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A handle; a stale, or stele.

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Taken.

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To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

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To labor; to travail.

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Outer.

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To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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See Waive.

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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

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To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

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A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

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The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

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To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

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A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

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To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.

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Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

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To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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Same as Haft, n.

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To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

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To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.

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The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.

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A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with…

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To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.

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See Loon, the bird.

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A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where…

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A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

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To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, lo…

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To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

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A low shoe with a thin sole.

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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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Early; soon.

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To deny; to disown.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

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The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bo…

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A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

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A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.

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To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.

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The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.

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A spring; a fountain.

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A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

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To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

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To lay beneath; to put under.

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To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

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To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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To move or travel very quickly

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The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.

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Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc.,…

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The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

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One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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The condition of being high; elevated position.

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The condition of being high; elevated position.

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The act or crime of a pirate.

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The act or crime of a pirate.

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A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to crui…

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A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to crui…

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The act or practice of plagiarizing.

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The act or practice of plagiarizing.

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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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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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To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Withdraw; separate.

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To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

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To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

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An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The caul…

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To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

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Elevated; raised aloft.

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The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

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To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

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To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).

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To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

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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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of Raise

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Early; soon.

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To recall; to summon again, as persons.

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To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.

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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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To call or bring back; to recall.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

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To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

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A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

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To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; t…

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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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