To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
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To complete, as time or distance.
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To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
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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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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 come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by a…
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To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
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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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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
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To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
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It.
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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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One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
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The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
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of Overcome
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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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A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
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To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or…
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To retch.
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To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
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of Run
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A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
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To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.
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A handle; a stale, or stele.
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To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…
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Taken.
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Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…
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A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
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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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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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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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Jet, the mineral.
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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 hold; to keep; to possess.
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A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
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The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph;…
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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
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One who gains.
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One who gains.
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The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; --…
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The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; --…
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One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
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One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
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Sick.
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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…
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To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
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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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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
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See Ern, n.
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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
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A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.
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To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…
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To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…
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To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…
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