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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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To inclose; to infold.

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To inclose; to infold.

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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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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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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

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The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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The act of exploiting or utilizing.

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Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use.

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To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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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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Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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To aim; to direct.

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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

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To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction…

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To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…

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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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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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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 bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

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To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

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To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.

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To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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To turnanother way; to divert.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To bend.

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A pit.

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To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

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Active power or movement; spring.

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The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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To scatter; to disperse.

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Taken.

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To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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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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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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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

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A flowing in or upon; influx.

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To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.

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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 weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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Taken.

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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Use; usage; employment.

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The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

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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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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

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Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

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Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

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Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

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To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…

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To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…

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The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Use; usage; employment.

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Use; usage; employment.

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One who uses.

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One who uses.

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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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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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Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

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To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

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To inclose; to infold.

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The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of…

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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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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful…

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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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That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

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A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Use; usage; employment.

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The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

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To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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