To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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To hold; to keep; to possess.
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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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Jet, the mineral.
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Jet, the mineral.
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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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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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To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.
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Jet, the mineral.
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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
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The buttock.
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To carry, as a burden.
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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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To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into…
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To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away…
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To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket,…
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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
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To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
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Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
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To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get;…
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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
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imp. of Shape. Shaped.
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A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
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The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
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Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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Taken.
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To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…
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Capable of being obtained.
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Capable of being obtained.
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The act or process of obtaining; attainment.
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The act or process of obtaining; attainment.
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…
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Jet, the mineral.
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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 meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable o…
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To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or…
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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…
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