Minder: alternatives and connections

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a p…

A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a…

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

A spit.

Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, somet…

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…

The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.

Leaping or skipping about.

Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.

A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.

Alt. of Epidemical

Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.