v
(obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).
v
(transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
v
(transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
v
Obsolete spelling of belie [(transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.]
v
(idiomatic) To submit to another's authority.
v
(transitive) To help, assist.
v
Alternative form of bestead [(transitive) To help, assist.]
v
(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth; produce; shed.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To hedge about; enclose; shut up.
v
(transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To defend, protect or shelter.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition.
n
The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
v
(sometimes figuratively) To hold on tightly; to grip hard or adhere.
v
Alternative form of cover one's bases [(idiomatic) To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely.]
v
(obsolete, transitive) To conquer.
v
(transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
v
(chiefly US, idiomatic) To reside; to call a place home.
v
(transitive) To put up to hang.
v
(military) To hover around.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To lodge, stay.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
v
(intransitive) To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.
v
(intransitive, often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire.
v
To exercise strict control over; keep in check.
v
To embrace; to experience fully or respond to wholeheartedly.
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).
v
(transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
v
(transitive) To hang; to mount.
v
(intransitive) To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
v
(transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
n
(obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.
v
To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To go around.
v
Obsolete spelling of umbelap [(transitive, obsolete, chiefly in modern translations) To enshroud, to envelop; to surround.]
v
(obsolete or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overwhelm; cover completely.
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