To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
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To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
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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 suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…
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A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
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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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Trial, as a test or experiment.
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Jet, the mineral.
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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 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 bend.
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To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…
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To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…
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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…
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To support or sustain; to hold up.
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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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That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
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An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative featu…
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A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, sh…
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…
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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 break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
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To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
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That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
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To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
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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 care; to desire.
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Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…
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A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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A shell, used as a die. See Props.
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To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…
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To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.
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A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle…
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See Show.
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of Shear
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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…
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Distress.
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A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
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To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
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To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
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To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
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To call; to summon.
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The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
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The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
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The act of certifying.
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The act of certifying.
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That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
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That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
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Tending to strengthen of confirm.
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Tending to strengthen of confirm.
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Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.
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Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.
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To care; to desire.
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To care; to desire.
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The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.
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The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
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One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
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of Support
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Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
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Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
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The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.
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The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.
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to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
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To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
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To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.
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Jet, the mineral.
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of Have
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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 care; to desire.
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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…
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To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
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The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.
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To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
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To make to exist; to make real.
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To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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