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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Have \Have\ (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had (h[a^]d); p. pr.
   & vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he
   has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben
   (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D.
   hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. hab[=e]n, G. haben, Icel. hafa,
   Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere,
   whence F. avoir. Cf. Able, Avoirdupois, Binnacle,
   Habit.]
   1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a
      farm.
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   2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected
      with, or affects, one.
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            The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. --Shak.
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            He had a fever late.                  --Keats.
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   3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.
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            Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou
            have me?                              --Shak.
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   4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. --Shak.
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   5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire;
      to require.
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            I had the church accurately described to me. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.
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            Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? --Ld.
                                                  Lytton.
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   6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
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   7. To hold, regard, or esteem.
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            Of them shall I be had in honor.      --2 Sam. vi.
                                                  22.
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   8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to
      bed." --Herbert. "Have out all men from me." --2 Sam.
      xiii. 9.
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   9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used
      reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to
      have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to
      aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a
      companion. --Shak.
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   10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled;
       followed by an infinitive.
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             Science has, and will long have, to be a divider
             and a separatist.                    --M. Arnold.
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             The laws of philology have to be established by
             external comparison and induction.   --Earle.
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   11. To understand.
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             You have me, have you not?           --Shak.
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   12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of;
       as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
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   Note: Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past
         participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I
         shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the
         participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the
         possession of the object in the state indicated by the
         participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold
         him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost
         this independent significance, and is used with the
         participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs
         as a device for expressing past time. Had is used,
         especially in poetry, for would have or should have.
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               Myself for such a face had boldly died.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   To have a care, to take care; to be on one's guard.

   To have (a man) out, to engage (one) in a duel.

   To have done (with). See under Do, v. i.

   To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a
      conclusion.

   To have on, to wear.

   To have to do with. See under Do, v. t.

   Syn: To possess; to own. See Possess.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Do \Do\, v. i.
   1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
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            They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . .
            the law and commandment.              -- 2 Kings
                                                  xvii. 34.
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   2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how
      he did; how do you do to-day?
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   3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of
      use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to
      answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be
      found, he will make this do.
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            You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings
            and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that
            won't do; challenge the crown.        -- Collier.
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   To do by. See under By.

   To do for.
      (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit.
      (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a
          goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]
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                Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their
                victim is stabbed and done for.   --Thackeray.

   To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do
      withal." --Shak.

   To do without, to get along without; to dispense with.

   To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have
      finished; to be quit; to desist.

   To have done with, to have completed; to be through with;
      to have no further concern with.

   Well to do, in easy circumstances.
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