n
(obsolete) A bringer in; an importer.
n
(law) An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
adj
Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.
n
Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
n
An arrest warrant issued by a court against a person guilty of some contempt or indicted for some crime, authorizing his or her arrest on sight.
v
(transitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
n
The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
v
(transitive) To seize for military use.
v
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
v
Obsolete spelling of conquer [To defeat in combat; to subjugate.]
n
One who is conquered; a victim of conquest.
n
The state of being conquered.
n
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
v
Obsolete form of conquer. [To defeat in combat; to subjugate.]
n
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
adj
conquering, subjugating, subduing
v
(obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command.
n
(by extension) A takeover of one group by another.
n
(law) One who puts another person out of an inheritance.
n
Obsolete form of enfranchisement. [The act of enfranchising]
n
(law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
n
One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
n
The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
v
(informal, law) To apply the legal principle of habeas corpus to an individual or situation.
n
A court order requiring an offender who is found not guilty by reason of insanity to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
n
(obsolete, UK, law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
n
(UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
n
(law) a court order authorising the imprisonment of a person sentenced to imprisonment; a court order authorising the execution of an imprisonment sentence.
v
(transitive, US) To provide an incentive for (something).
n
(law) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
v
Obsolete spelling of endeavour [Britain standard spelling of endeavor.]
n
Obsolete form of inhesion. [inherence; act of inhering]
n
(Scotland, law) An injunction.
n
A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
n
A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
n
a person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises
n
(law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
v
(transitive, chiefly Britain, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
v
(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
v
To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
n
One who makes an offer to another.
n
(politics) A peace process between Israel and Palestine, begun with the Oslo Accords.
n
Alternative form of out-relief [(historical) Cash or other aid given to the poor without their having to stay in the poorhouse.]
v
(transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave.
n
A panel of people who decide whether a prisoner should be released on parole.
n
A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes.
v
To host an important event or visitor.
n
Obsolete form of purveyance. [The act of purveying.]
n
Obsolete form of prize. [That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.]
v
To seek to obtain by legal process.
n
obsolete typography of provision [An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.]
n
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
v
(transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.
n
(figuratively) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.
v
(transitive, archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.
v
To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.
n
The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
n
Obsolete spelling of service [An act of being of assistance to someone.]
n
(obsolete) A calling aside.
n
A person who subjugates or conquers.
n
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of succour [(uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.]
n
Obsolete form of summoner. [One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.]
n
One who supplies; a provider.
n
A person who or thing that is suspended.
v
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
v
(obsolete, rare) To give or dedicate as a token of thanks.
v
To provide something special and pleasant.
n
(India, law) Alternative spelling of undertrial [(India, law) One who is currently on trial or who is imprisoned on remand whilst awaiting trial.]
n
The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
n
(obsolete, only in collocations in ure, out of ure) use, practise, exercise.
v
(transitive) To acquire by usucaption.
v
(transitive, originally US military slang, informal, often humorous) To tell or force (someone) to volunteer to do something.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To protect, keep safe (from danger).
n
Alternative form of arrest warrant [(law) An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.]
n
Something or someone that greets or is present for the arrival of something.
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