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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Bivouac 76% connected

The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.

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Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Camp 76% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

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Cohabit 76% connected

To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.

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Domicile 76% connected

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

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Domiciliate 76% connected

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

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Encamp 76% connected

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remai…

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Lodge 76% connected

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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Neighbor 76% connected

A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

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Neighbour 76% connected

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Nest 76% connected

The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

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Occupy 76% connected

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Reside 76% connected

To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain…

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Shack 76% connected

To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

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Tenant 76% connected

One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or…

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Tent 76% connected

A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

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Domicile 74% connected

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

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Domicile 74% connected

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

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Habitant 74% connected

An inhabitant; a dweller.

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Habitant 74% connected

An inhabitant; a dweller.

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Population 74% connected

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

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Population 74% connected

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

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Dwell 92% connected

To delay; to linger.

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Inhabit 92% connected

To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.

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Live 92% connected

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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