To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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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 acquiring knowledge.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…
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Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…
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See 1st Mot.
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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…
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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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The act or process of acquiring.
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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 exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.
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To engage in continuous thought; to think.
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The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
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The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…
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The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
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That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
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Dominion; empire; authority.
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of Draw
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The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.
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The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
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To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.
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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.
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The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.
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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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of Learn
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To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
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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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A thin, soft kind of muslin.
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A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
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A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.
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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…
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To weigh.
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To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
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To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays o…
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The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
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See Reflection.
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To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
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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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To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
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The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
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Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…
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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
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The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
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To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.
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To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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An audience; a hearing.
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The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…
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Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…
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To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.
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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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An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…
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To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to me…
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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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One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…
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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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To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to…
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To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and ac…
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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 allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
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Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
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To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record.
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Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
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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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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…
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See Practice.
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To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…
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To examine anew.
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To view or see again; to look back on.
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Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…
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To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutiniz…
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A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow…
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To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
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To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
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One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
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The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- o…
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers.
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A detailed examination of one example or a small number of examples.
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To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
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The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
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Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.
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That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country,…
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An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succ…
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The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting.
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The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
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Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
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A certain Oriental system of theosophy.
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A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.
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To survey again or anew; to review.
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Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
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Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving,…
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The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treatin…
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The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrine…
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A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
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To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
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To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
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The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
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To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…
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To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…
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The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
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The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
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Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
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Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
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Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
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Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
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Rennet. See 3d Reed.
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Rennet. See 3d Reed.
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Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.
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Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.
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To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
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To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
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Rennet. See 3d Reed.
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A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…
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Alt. of Analyser
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To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…
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The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
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To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…
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The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…
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The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…
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To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…
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Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
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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 keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
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Rennet. See 3d Reed.
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To refer.
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An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…
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Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
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To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
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Taken.
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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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