To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame…
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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.
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To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame…
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To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
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Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
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To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
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To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.
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To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…
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To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert;…
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To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
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See Feeze.
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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
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To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.
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To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…
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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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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
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To call out; to summon forth.
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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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To bring forth young.
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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 call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…
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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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The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.
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The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.
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To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
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To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
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To set up; to put upright.
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