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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr & vb n. {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare fr nota. See {Note}, n.] 1. To notice with care to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to --Pope. No more of that I have noted it well --Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of Every unguarded word . . . was noted down --Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. {To note a bill} or {draft}, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to or used for drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to or characterized by a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc See under {Draught}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr & vb n. {Drafting}.] 1. To draw the outline of to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, or {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word ``accepted'' across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: draft n 1: a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another [syn: {bill of exchange}, {order of payment}] 2: a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle) [syn: {draught}, {air current}] 3: a preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn: {rough drawing}] 4: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) [syn: {draught}, {potation}, {tipple}] 5: preliminary version of a written work [syn: {draft copy}] 6: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) 7: a device for regulating the flow of air in a fireplace 8: a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn: {draught}] 9: compulsory military service [syn: {conscription}, {muster}, {selective service}] 10: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: {gulp}, {draught}, {swig}] 11: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: {draught}, {drawing}] v 1: draw up an outline or sketch for something "draft a speech" [syn: {rough}, {outline}] 2: engage somebody to enter the army [syn: {enlist}, {muster in}] [ant: {discharge}] 3: make a blueprint of [syn: {blueprint}, {draught}]
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