v
Synonym of take at face value
v
(transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
v
(intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
v
Obsolete spelling of appear [(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.]
n
(rare) Someone who or something which appears.
v
Obsolete spelling of araise [(archaic) To raise.]
v
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
v
(intransitive, now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
v
(colloquial) to exist, or to be available, widespread, possible, or a common practice
n
(poetic) The whole; all that is to be.
v
(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem.
v
(transitive, chiefly US) To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove.
v
(transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To mean; signify; inform.
v
Generally with a qualifying word such as ill or well: to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something).
adj
(archaic) Accomplished; versed.
v
To speak frankly about a given topic, not withholding one's opinions.
v
2005 August 8, "Quotes of the Day," Time (retrieved 12 Sept 2013):
v
(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To understand; comprehend.
v
(now rare) To beget (of a father).
n
(often used in the negative) An event that is expected to happen; a plan that is likely to succeed.
adj
(idiomatic) Irrevocably committed to something.
v
(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
v
(idiomatic, impersonal) To seem; appear.
v
(idiomatic) To appear suitable for a particular kind of work, position or role.
v
(idiomatic) To decide; to reach a conclusion.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
v
Synonym of promise the moon
v
(obsolete, transitive) To hold out; to stretch forth.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along.
v
(obsolete) To befit; to beseem.
v
(transitive, figuratively) Accept as presented, without question or further investigation.
v
To be seized with a sudden (often ill-advised) notion.
v
(obsolete, rare) To think fit.
v
(obsolete) To await; to expect.
v
(obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
v
(obsolete, except in set phrases or dialectal) To be, become, betide.
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