To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
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To wait; to pause; to delay.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
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To care; to desire.
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To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
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To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnat…
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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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To watch; to observe; to take notice.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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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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An apparatus for weighing.
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An apparatus for weighing.
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Remaining; yet left.
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Remaining; yet left.
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motiv…
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To arrest.
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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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