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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shift  \Shift\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shifted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shifting}.]  [OE.  shiften,  schiften,  to  divide,  change, 
  remove.  AS  sciftan  to  divide;  akin  to  LG  &  D.  schiften  to 
  divide,  distinguish,  part  Icel.  skipta  to  divide,  to  part  to 
  shift,  to  change,  Dan  skifte  Sw  skifta  and  probably  to 
  Icel.  sk[=i]fa  to  cut  into  slices,  as  n.,  a  slice,  and  to  E. 
  shive,  sheave,  n.,  shiver,  n.] 
  1.  To  divide;  to  distribute;  to  apportion.  [Obs.] 
 
  To  which  God  of  his  bounty  would  shift  Crowns  two  of 
  flowers  well  smelling.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  change  the  place  of  to  move  or  remove  from  one  place 
  to  another;  as  to  shift  a  burden  from  one  shoulder  to 
  another;  to  shift  the  blame. 
 
  Hastily  he  schifte  him[self].  --Piers 
  Plowman. 
 
  Pare  saffron  between  the  two  St  Mary's  days,  Or  set 
  or  go  shift  it  that  knowest  the  ways.  --Tusser. 
 
  3.  To  change  the  position  of  to  alter  the  bearings  of  to 
  turn;  as  to  shift  the  helm  or  sails. 
 
  Carrying  the  oar  loose,  [they]  shift  it  hither  and 
  thither  at  pleasure.  --Sir  W. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  4.  To  exchange  for  another  of  the  same  class;  to  remove  and 
  to  put  some  similar  thing  in  its  place  to  change;  as  to 
  shift  the  clothes;  to  shift  the  scenes. 
 
  I  would  advise  you  to  shift  a  shirt.  --Shak. 
 
  5.  To  change  the  clothing  of  --  used  reflexively.  [Obs.] 
 
  As  it  were  to  ride  day  and  night;  and  .  .  .  not  to 
  have  patience  to  shift  me  --Shak. 
 
  6.  To  put  off  or  out  of  the  way  by  some  expedient.  ``I 
  shifted  him  away.''  --Shak. 
 
  {To  shift  off},  to  delay;  to  defer;  to  put  off  to  lay  aside. 
 
 
  {To  shift  the  scene},  to  change  the  locality  or  the 
  surroundings,  as  in  a  play  or  a  story. 
 
  Shift  the  scene  for  half  an  hour;  Time  and  place  are 
  in  thy  power.  --Swift.




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