To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
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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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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 turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averte…
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To empty.
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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
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To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…
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Of a white or pale color; without color.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…
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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…
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To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or re…
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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
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To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
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To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert;…
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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…
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To tread under foot; to trample.
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To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
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To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
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Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
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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 hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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An ant.
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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…
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To meet in the way.
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At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or ac…
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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…
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Restricted.
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The herb sage, or salvia.
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Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.
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of Shut
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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
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of Forbid
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To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.
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To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
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To care; to desire.
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To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.
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