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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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of Beat

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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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 hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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To bend or curve

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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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An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.

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Compar. of Low, a.

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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.

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A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

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To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

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To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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To die.

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To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to que…

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The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

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To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

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Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

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The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

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The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

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The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

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Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

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Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

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One who, or that which, surmounts.

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One who, or that which, surmounts.

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To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.

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To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

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To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

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To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.

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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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of Overcome

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Same as Squash.

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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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To press again.

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To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another;…

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Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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