To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
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To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.
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To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
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Fixed; solidified.
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of Lie, to recline.
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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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Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.
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See Spitchcock.
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To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
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A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
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A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
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The act of machinating.
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The act of machinating.
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One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.
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One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.
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Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparato…
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Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparato…
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Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
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A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
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To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
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To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.
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To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive;…
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To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…
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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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