To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
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To carry or send back.
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To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
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To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
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To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the…
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To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the…
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To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…
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To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…
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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 request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
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A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…
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To be placed in a center; to be central.
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To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
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To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
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To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…
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Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.
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To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…
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To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.
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Exactly representing; exact.
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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 make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…
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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…
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To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…
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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
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To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
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A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
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To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.
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A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
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To turnanother way; to divert.
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Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…
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To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…
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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
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To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
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To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.
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To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
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To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…
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To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
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To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
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To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
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To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.
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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
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To let down; to lower.
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Taken.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…
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To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to ass…
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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
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A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…
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To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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To stretch' to extend; to distend.
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To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
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Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.
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To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to exp…
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Chance; lot; destiny.
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The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.
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The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.
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The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…
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The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…
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One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.
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One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.
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The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
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The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
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To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
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To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
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To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…
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A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
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To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…
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To bring back; to restore.
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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