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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accredit \Ac*cred"it\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accredited}; p. pr & vb n. {Accrediting}.] [F. accr['e]diter; [`a] (L. ad) + cr['e]dit credit. See {Credit}.] 1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. --Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. --Shelton. 2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. --Froude. 3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. --Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. --Southey. 4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something or something as belonging to some one {To accredit} one {with} (something), to attribute something to him as Mr Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: With \With\, n. See {Withe}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: With \With\, prep. [OE. with AS wi? with against; akin to AS wi?er against, OFries with OS wi?, wi?ar, D. weder, we[^e]r (in comp.), G. wider against, wieder gain, OHG. widar again against, Icel. vi? against, with by at Sw vid at by Dan. ved, Goth. wipra against, Skr. vi asunder. Cf {Withdraw}, {Withers}, {Withstand}.] With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like It is used especially: 1. To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against. Thy servant will . . . fight with this Philistine. --1 Sam. xvii. 32. Note: In this sense common in Old English, it is now obsolete except in a few compounds; as withhold; withstand; and after the verbs fight, contend, struggle, and the like 2. To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence among; in the company of I will buy with you talk with you walk with you and so following; but I will not eat with you drink with you nor pray with you --Shak. Pity your own or pity our estate, Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate. --Dryden. See where on earth the flowery glories lie; With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope. There is no living with thee nor without thee. --Tatler. Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers. --Addison. 3. To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence on the side of Fear not for I am with thee, and will bless thee. --Gen. xxvi. 24. 4. To denote the accomplishment of cause means instrument, etc -- sometimes equivalent to by That with these fowls I be all to-rent. --Chaucer. Thou wilt be like a lover presently, And tire the hearer with a book of words --Shak. [He] entertained a coffeehouse with the following narrative. --Addison. With receiving your friends within and amusing them without you lead a good, pleasant, bustling life of it --Goldsmith. 5. To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast. Can blazing carbuncles with her compare. --Sandys. 6. To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. With that she told me . . . that she would hide no truth from me --Sir P. Sidney. With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope. With this he pointed to his face. --Dryden. 7. To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune. ``A maid with clean hands.'' --Shak. Note: With and by are closely allied in many of their uses, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which to distinguish their uses. See the Note under {By}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Withe \Withe\ (?; 277), n. [OE. withe. ????. See {Withy}, n.] [Written also {with}.] 1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy. 2. A band consisting of a twig twisted. 3. (Naut.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe. --R. H. Dana, Jr 4. (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Acquaintance \Ac*quaint"ance\, n. [OE. aqueintance OF acointance fr acointier See {Acquaint}.] 1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man. --Sir W. Jones. 2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson. --Macaulay. Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was formerly both singular and plural, but it is now commonly singular, and has the regular plural acquaintances. {To be of acquaintance}, to be intimate. {To take acquaintance of} or {with}, to make the acquaintance of [Obs.] Syn: Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge. Usage: {Acquaintance}, {Familiarity}, {Intimacy}. These words mark different degrees of closeness in social intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional intercourse; as our acquaintance has been a brief one We can speak of a slight or an intimate acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve; as the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the result of close connection, and the freest interchange of thought; as the intimacy of established friendship. Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him --Addison. We contract at last such a familiarity with them as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call off our minds. --Atterbury. It is in our power to confine our friendships and intimacies to men of virtue. --Rogers. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr & vb n. {Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF plaisir fr L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf {Complacent}, {Placable}, {Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.] 1. To give pleasure to to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. I pray to God that it may plesen you --Chaucer. What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. --Milton. 2. To have or take pleasure in hence to choose to wish; to desire; to will Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he --Ps. cxxxv 6. A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards. 3. To be the will or pleasure of to seem good to -- used impersonally. ``It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.'' --Col. i. 19. To-morrow, may it please you --Shak. {To be pleased in} or {with}, to have complacency in to take pleasure in {To be pleased to do a thing}, to take pleasure in doing it to have the will to do it to think proper to do it --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. --South. 8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate. The fruit she goes with I pray for heartily, that it may find Good time, and live. --Shak. 9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away to leave to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come I will let you go that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away --Ex. viii. 28. 10. To pass away to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline to decease; to die. By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath our master sped. --Sir W. Scott. 11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York. His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow --Dryden. 12. To have recourse; to resort; as to go to law. Note: Go is used in combination with many prepositions and adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the preposition or adverb, in which and not in the verb lies the principal force of the expression; as to go against to go into to go out to go aside, to go astray, etc {Go to}, come move go away -- a phrase of exclamation, serious or ironical. {To go a-begging}, not to be in demand; to be undesired. {To go about}. a To set about to enter upon a scheme of action to undertake. ``They went about to slay him.'' --Acts ix 29. They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices. --Swift. b (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear. {To go abraod}. a To go to a foreign country. b To go out of doors. c To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be current. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren. --John xxi. 23. {To go against}. a To march against; to attack. b To be in opposition to to be disagreeable to {To go ahead}. a To go in advance. b To go on to make progress; to proceed. {To go and come}. See {To come and go}, under {Come}. {To go aside}. a To withdraw; to retire. He . . . went aside privately into a desert place --Luke. ix 10. b To go from what is right to err. --Num. v. 29. {To go back on}. a To retrace (one's path or footsteps). b To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] {To go below} (Naut), to go below deck. {To go between}, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense to pander. {To go beyond}. See under {Beyond}. {To go by}, to pass away unnoticed; to omit. {To go by the board} (Naut.), to fall or be carried overboard; as the mast went by the board. {To go down}. a To descend. b To go below the horizon; as the sun has gone down c To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc d To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively. [Colloq.] Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. --L' Estrange. {To go far}. a To go to a distance. b To have much weight or influence. {To go for}. a To go in quest of b To represent; to pass for c To favor; to advocate. d To attack; to assault. [Low] e To sell for to be parted with for (a price). {To go for nothing}, to be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. {To go forth}. a To depart from a place b To be divulged or made generally known to emanate. The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. --Micah iv 2. {To go hard with}, to trouble, pain, or endanger. {To go in}, to engage in to take part [Colloq.] {To go in and out}, to do the business of life; to live; to have free access --John x. 9. {To go in for}. [Colloq.] a To go for to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.). b To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.) c To complete for (a reward, election, etc.). d To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else. --Dickens. {To go in to} or {unto}. a To enter the presence of --Esther iv 16. b To have sexual intercourse with [Script.] {To go into}. a To speak of investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.). b To participate in (a war, a business, etc.). {To go large}. (Naut) See under {Large}. {To go off}. a To go away to depart. The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you --Shak. b To cease; to intermit; as this sickness went off c To die. --Shak. d To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc e To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of f To pass off to take place to be accomplished. The wedding went off much as such affairs do --Mrs. Caskell. {To go on}. a To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as to go on reading. b To be put or drawn on to fit over as the coat will not go on {To go all fours}, to correspond exactly, point for point. It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours. --Macaulay. {To go out}. a To issue forth from a place b To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition. There are other men fitter to go out than I. --Shak. What went ye out for to see ? --Matt. xi 7, 8, 9. c To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news fame etc d To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end as the light has gone out Life itself goes out at thy displeasure. --Addison. {To go over}. a To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to change sides. I must not go over Jordan. --Deut. iv 22. Let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan. --Deut. iii. 25. Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the Ammonites. --Jer. xli. 10. b To read, or study; to examine; to review; as to go over one's accounts. If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing --Tillotson. c To transcend; to surpass. d To be postponed; as the bill went over for the session. e (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose. {To go through}. a To accomplish; as to go through a work b To suffer; to endure to the end as to go through a surgical operation or a tedious illness. c To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune. d To strip or despoil one of his property. [Slang] e To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.] {To go through with}, to perform, as a calculation, to the end to complete. {To go to ground}. a To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox. b To fall in battle. {To go to naught} (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or unavailling. {To go under}. a To set -- said of the sun. b To be known or recognized by (a name title, etc.). c To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish; to succumb. {To go up}, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail [Slang] {To go upon}, to act upon as a foundation or hypothesis. {To go with}. a To accompany. b To coincide or agree with c To suit; to harmonize with {To go} ( {well}, {ill}, or {hard}) {with}, to affect one in such manner. {To go without}, to be or to remain, destitute of {To go wrong}. a To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or stray. b To depart from virtue. c To happen unfortunately. d To miss success. {To let go}, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold to release. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h["o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of a human hand; as: a A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. b An index or pointer on a dial; as the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side part direction, either right or left On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act workmanship; agency; hence manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as a good, bad or running hand. Hence a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. ``Receiving in hand one year's tribute.'' --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as to buy at first hand, that is from the producer, or when new at second hand, that is when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] ``Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.'' --Bacon. 12. That which is or may be held in a hand at once; as: a (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. b (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things in the doing or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: a Activity; operation; work -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. ``His hand will be against every man.'' --Gen. xvi. 12. b Power; might supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. ``With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.'' --Ezek. xx 33. c Fraternal feeling; as to give or take the hand; to give the right hand. d Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by or designed for the hand; as hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. a A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. b A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work --Moxon. {Hand work}, or {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. ``And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.'' --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. a Near in time or place either present and within reach, or not far distant. ``Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.'' --Shak. b Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] ``Horses hot at hand.'' --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of as a gift from ``Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?'' --Job ii 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. ``He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.'' --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. a In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. b Just fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as to climb hand over hand; also rapidly; as to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. a Paid down ``A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.'' --Tillotson. b In preparation; taking place --Chaucer. ``Revels . . . in hand.'' --Shak. c Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} or {hands}. a In one's possession or keeping. b At one's risk, or peril; as I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. ``She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.'' --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care {On hand}, in present possession; as he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, or in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in to have a part or concern in doing to have an agency or be employed in {To have in hand}. a To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. b To be engaged upon or occupied with {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, or get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have or get the better of another person or thing {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. ``The work is made to his hands.'' --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, or put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, or finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. a To attempt or undertake. b To seize and deal with as he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in or responsibility for a person or action as to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of as the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.
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