To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To inclose; to infold.
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To inclose; to infold.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…
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The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
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Act of effectuating.
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The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…
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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…
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of Groom
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Turning a plan or policy into actual practice.
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The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…
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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 carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
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The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…
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To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…
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To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
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Rennet. See 3d Reed.
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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…
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Taken.
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of Train
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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
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The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.
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See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
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The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
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The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.
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The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.
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Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
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The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,…
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The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.
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A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.
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Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.
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That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
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The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.
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Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.
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Wrong treatment.
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Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.
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The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.
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According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…
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Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
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Popery; -- an offensive term.
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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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The condition of a peon.
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The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
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The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.
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The act of quoting or citing.
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The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a publ…
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To view or see again; to look back on.
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Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
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A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.
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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…
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Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
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Holding persons in slavery.
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The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.
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The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emb…
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The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.
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The reduction of facts or principles to a system.
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The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
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Use; usage; employment.
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of Witch
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To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
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Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
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Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
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Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…
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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…
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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…
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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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See Practice.
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Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object.
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The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
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To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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