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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checked}; p. pr & vb n. {checking}.] 1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. 2. To put a sudden restraint upon to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. --Burke. 3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as to check an account; to check baggage. 4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off as a brace which is too stiffly extended. 6. To make checks or chinks in to cause to crack; as the sun checks timber. Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff.
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